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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca