wizened Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
   withered; shriveled; wizen; shrivelled; shrunken.
   
   • 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 grey hair

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