What is the meaning of wizened?

adjective

  • Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
    • usage: "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"
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