Also wizzen. [Clipped f. WIZENED, the resultant form suggesting a ppl. adj. in -en.] = WIZENED 2.
1786. Mme. D’Arblay, Diary, 16 Aug. A thin, little, wizen old gentleman … came up.
1837. Lett. fr. Madras (1843), 49. The ladies are all young and wizen, and the gentlemen are all old and wizen.
1867. Trollope, Chron. Barset, xxxvii. Her little wizen face was as sharp as ever.
1880. F. G. Lee, Ch. under Q. Eliz., II. 336. Her now drawn and wizen features.
Comb. 1837. Barham, Ingol. Leg., Spectre Tarrington, ad fin. A dingy wizzen-faced portrait.
1888. Fergus Hume, Mme. Midas, I. ii. A small, wizen-looking little man.
