wiz·en /ˈwɪzṇ ||ˈwi-/
Wiz·en v. i. To wither; to dry. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Wiz·en, a. Wizened; thin; weazen; withered.
A little lonely, wizen, strangely clad boy. --Dickens.
Wiz·en, n. The weasand. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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wizen
adj : lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the
old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and
ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man
with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he
did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little
man with frizzy gray hair" [syn: shriveled, shrivelled,
shrunken, withered, wizened]