wizen

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

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

Verb

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

Sinonieme

wither

shrivel

wizened

dry up

withered

wilt

shrivelled

wrinkle

shriveled

shrunken

sere

wasted

wrinkled

lose flesh

waste

wearish

blight

marcid

dried up

droop

fade

flag

languishing

lank

macerate

parched

sear

Vertalings

rugoso

avvizzito

schrumpelig

verschrompeld

dürr

runzelig

debilitat

zusammengeschrumpft

abacallanat

verwelkt

hutzelig

ζαρωμένος

μαραίνω

μαραμένος

schrumplig

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈwɪzən/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: wisenen

Geërf van Old English: wisnian

Verwante met Yslands: visna

Verwante met Goties: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽

In summary

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”).