weazen

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English

Etymology

See wizen.

Pronunciation

Noun

weazen (plural weazens)

  1. An old person.

Synonyms

Adjective

weazen (comparative more weazen, superlative most weazen)

  1. Thin; sharp; withered; wizened.
    • 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, , published 1853, →OCLC:
      It was not merely that they were weazen and shrivelled—though they were certainly that too—but they looked absolutely ferocious with discontent.