Wizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
Verb
To wither; to become, or make, lean and wrinkled by shrinkage, as from age or illness.
Origin
Inherited from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, weosnian, from Proto-Germanic *wisnลjan, from *wesanฤ . Cognate with Icelandic visna, Gothic ๐๐๐ฐ๐ ๐น๐๐ฐ๐ฝ.
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