wizened

adjective
🔊/ˈwɪznd/
🔊/ˈwɪznd/
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  1. looking smaller and having many folds and lines in the skin, because of being old(由于年老)干瘪的,多皱的,干枯的 synonym shrivelled
    • a wizened little man干瘪的小老头
    • wizened apples皱瘪的苹果
    • her old wizened face她那张老面孔
    Topics Life stagesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryWizened is used with these nouns:
    • face
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    Word Originearly 16th cent.: past participle of archaic wizen ‘shrivel’, of Germanic origin.