wizened

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; ; ; ; -W.F.Starkie

Etymology

From wizen + -ed. Inherited from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, weosnian, from Proto-Germanic *wisnōjaną. Cognate with Icelandic visna.

In classic literature

Synonyms

shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen

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