Associations to the word «Shrunken»

Wiktionary

SHRUNKEN, adjective. Reduced in size as a result of shrinkage; shriveled.
SHRUNKEN, verb. Past participle of shrink

Dictionary definition

SHRUNKEN, adjective. Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair".
SHRUNKEN, adjective. Reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; "our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying power".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats