wizen
pronunciation
How to pronounce wizen in British English:
UK ['wɪzn]
How to pronounce wizen in American English:
US [ˈwɪzən]
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- Adjective:
- lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
Word Origin
- wizen (v.)
- Old English wisnian, weosnian "to wither, dry up, waste away," from Proto-Germanic *wisnon (cognates: Old Norse visna "to wither," Old High German wesanen "to dry up, shrivel, wither;" German verwesen "to decay, rot"), from PIE root *wei- (2) "to wither." Related: Wizened.
Example
- 1. There would be a day when our faces would be wrinkled and wizen .
- 2. You have to admit that it is a garden , even if walking on the wizen ones , perhaps you lost all flowers once again , but you still didn 't lost whole garden .
- 3. You have to admit that it is a garden , even if walking on the wizen ones , perhaps you lost all flowers once again , but you still didn 't lost whole garden !