wizen
Americanverb (used with or without object)
adjective
verb
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of wizen
before 900; (v.) Middle English wisenen, Old English wisnian; cognate with Old Norse visna to wither; (adj.) shortened form of wizened
Example Sentences
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It would wizen up, or grow ripe, or it might rot.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
No highwayman ever more successfully clutched the wizen of his victim than did the Street with its supple fingers around the white larynx of Columbia.
From The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 by Various
"Seems ter me," whined a wizen old lady, "thet the girls knows somethin' about it, too!"
From The Motor Girls Through New England or, Held by the Gypsies by Margaret Penrose
That evening, as Lawrence walked briskly homeward, after his day's work, he became aware of the pale, wizen face again looking up into his through the dusk, and of a shrill voice at his side.
From Wikkey A Scrap by Henrietta Vaders
Then a weird figure, the wizen face distorted by grief and terror, appeared in the doorway—old Mary Antony, holding a meat chopper in her shaking hands, and staring, with chattering gums, into the empty cell.
From The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century by Florence L. (Florence Louisa) Barclay
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