wizen

== English == === Alternative forms === wizzen === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, weosnian, from Proto-West Germanic *wisnōn, from Proto-Germanic *wisnōną, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to consume”). Cognate with Icelandic visna, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (frawisan, “to squander through feasting”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwɪzən/ Rhymes: -ɪzən === Adjective === wizen (comparative more wizen, superlative most wizen) Wizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === wizen (third-person singular simple present wizens, present participle wizening, simple past and past participle wizened) (ambitransitive) To wither; to become, or make, lean and wrinkled by shrinkage, as from age or illness. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === winze