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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wizen \wiz"en\, a.
wizened; thin; weazen; withered.
1913 webster
a little lonely, wizen, strangely clad boy. --dickens.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wizen \wiz"en\, n.
the weasand. prov. eng. scot.
1913 webster
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wizen \wiz"en\, v. i. oe. wisenen, as. wisnian akin to weornian
to decay, ohg. wesan?n to grow dry, g. verwesen to rot, icel.
visna to wither, sw. vissna, dan. visne, and probably to l.
virus an offensive odor, poison. cf. virus.
to wither; to dry. prov. eng. scot.
1913 webster
see also:
virus
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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
see also:
shriveled shrivelled shrunken withered wizened
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
74 moby thesaurus words for "wizen":
sanforize, age, air-dry, anhydrate, attenuate, bake, blot, brush,
burn, cheat the undertaker, consume, cure, decline, decrease,
dehumidify, dehydrate, desiccate, diminish, dodder, drain, droop,
dry, dry up, dwindle, emacerate, emaciate, evaporate, exsiccate,
fade, fade away, fail, fire, flag, get along, get on, grow old,
insolate, kiln, languish, macerate, mummify, mummy, parch, pine,
preshrink, reduce, rub, scorch, sear, shake, shrink, shrivel, sink,
smoke, soak up, sponge, sun, sun-dry, swab, thin, torrefy, totter,
towel, turn gray, turn white, wane, waste, waste away, weazen,
welter, wilt, wipe, wither, wrinkle
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