wizen

Significat (Anglès)

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.

Conceptes

fluix

debilitat

arrugat

abacallanat

Sinònims

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

Traduccions

rugoso

avvizzito

schrumpelig

verschrompeld

zusammengeschrumpft

verwelkt

runzelig

μαραίνω

schrumplig

μαραμένος

ratatiné

ζαρωμένος

adusto

appassito

hutzelig

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈwɪzən/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: wisenen

Heretat de anglès antic: wisnian

Cognat amb islandès: visna

Cognat amb gòtic: 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”).