wizen

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Wizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.

   “His face was wizen and wrinkled, his faded blue eyes dim and weak-looking. He was feeble, and his hands were tremulous with a perpetual nervous motion.”

2. fiil To wither; to become, or make, lean and wrinkled by shrinkage, as from age or illness.

   “After wizening with cold for an hour, we ran down to the hut for breakfast, rejoicing in having brought with us some portable soup ; and after a second visit to the summit, started at eight, when the day seemed already far advanced, along with the Bleiberg party, for the descent.”