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wizened

[ wiz-uhnd; wee-zuhnd ]

adjective

  1. withered; shriveled:

    a wizened old man; wizened features.



wizened

/ ˈ·Éɪ³úÉ™²Ô»å /

adjective

  1. shrivelled, wrinkled, or dried up, esp with age
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of wizened1

First recorded in 1505–15; wizen + -ed 2
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Grammy voters go back and forth with this award: Sometimes they anoint headstrong youngsters as rock’s great new hope; other times they congratulate wizened oldsters for staying in the game.

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But the admiring, even celebratory, tone of these paeans to hot actresses remaining hot well past Hollywood’s traditional expiration date masks the shadow side of this phenomenon: The wizened, terrifying hag.

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Cecilia also encounters a wizened nun with large cross-shaped scars on the soles of her feet.

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The plant had once been glorious but was abandoned in critical condition, with sap-oozing wounds and wizened limbs.

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Jeremy Egner of The New York Times wrote that “Stewart’s first night found him grayer — at one point he used his own wizened face as a prop in a joke about the presidential candidates’ ages.

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