wizen

Meanings

Adjective

  • 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 *wisnลjan, from *wesanฤ…. Cognate with Icelandic visna, Gothic ๐†๐‚๐Œฐ๐…๐Œน๐ƒ๐Œฐ๐Œฝ.

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