wizened
adjective/ˈwɪznd/
/ˈwɪznd/
- looking smaller and having many folds and lines in the skin, because of being old synonym shrivelled
- a wizened little man
- wizened apples
- her old wizened face
Oxford Collocations DictionaryWizened is used with these nouns:- face
Word Originearly 16th cent.: past participle of archaic wizen ‘shrivel’, of Germanic origin.Definitions on the go
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