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Meaning of 'wizen' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Wizen [ a.]
- Wizened; thin; weazen; withered.
2 . Wizen [ n.]
- The weasand.
3 . Wizen [ v. i.]
- To wither; to dry.

Meaning of 'wizen' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . wizen [ s]
Meaning (1):
- lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
Example in sentence:
  • a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws;
  • a shrunken old man;
  • a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair;
  • he did well despite his withered arm;
  • he looked shriveled and ill;
  • the old woman's shriveled skin

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wizard wizardly wizardry wizen-faced wizened

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