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.

Concepten

verschrompeld

verschrompelen

Synoniemen

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

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈwɪzən/

Etymologie (Engels)

Inherited from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, weosnian, from Proto-Germanic *wisnōjaną, from *wesaną (“to consume”). Cognate with Icelandic visna, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (frawisan, “to squander through feasting”).