Associations to the word «Wizen»
Wiktionary
WIZEN, adjective. Wizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
WIZEN, verb. To wither; to become lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
Dictionary definition
WIZEN, 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".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.