weazened, ppl. a.
(ˈwiːz(ə)nd)
= wizened ppl. a.
| 1842 Thackeray Sultan Stork Wks. 1900 V. 739 The old woman blushed as far as her weazened old face could blush. 1862 Sala Seven Sons III. iv. 65 Jockeys..dwindled from strong men into little weazened brats of children. 1879 J. Payn Under One Roof i, A small grey man, frail of limb, somewhat weazened as to face. 1883 Chamb. Jrnl. 12 May 289/2 Weazened black and tan terriers. |
| transf. 1854 Thackeray Newcomes I. xi. 115 Old and weazened as that piano is. 1882 C. F. Woolson Anne i. 22 The small face showed the most profound, almost weazened, solicitude. |