Wizen vs Wize - What's the difference?
wizen | wize |
wizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
* 1864 , - Henry Dunbar by [http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/7dunb10.txt]
* 1890 , - by Oscar Wilde [http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext94/dgray10h.htm]
As adjectives the difference between wizen and wize
is that wizen is wizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness while wize is obsolete form of lang=en.As a verb wizen
is to wither; to become lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.wizen
English
Alternative forms
*wizzenAdjective
(en adjective)- His face was wizen and wrinkled, his faded blue eyes dim and weak-looking. He was feeble, and his hands were tremulous with a perpetual nervous motion.
- Yes, there would be a day when his face would be wrinkled and wizen , his eyes dim and colourless, the grace of his figure broken and deformed. The scarlet would pass away from his lips and the gold steal from his hair.
