English Explanatory Dictionary

wizen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Wizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
verb
  1. To wither; to become, or make, lean and wrinkled by shrinkage, as from age or illness.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɪzən/

Word forms

wizen more wizen most wizen wizzen wizens wizening wizened

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, weosnian, from Proto-West Germanic *wisnōn, from Proto-Germanic *wisnōną, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to consume”). Cognate with Icelandic visna, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (frawisan, “to squander through feasting”).

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