weazenadj.
/ˈwiːz(ə)n/ = wizen adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective] > shrunken
empty?c1400
withereda1500
wizened1728
weazen1765
wizen1786
weazened1842
weazeny1864
the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > relating to contraction > into wrinkles > contracted into wrinkles
clungc1325
clinkery1398
hirpleda1400
clunged1495
wrinkled?1523
shrivelled1565
rivelled1601
puckered1606
rivelled1627
shrimped1638
truss1674
pursed1676
wizened1728
weazen1765
wizen1786
nirled1808
beshrivelled1821
weazened1842
weazeny1864
concertinaed1880
swivelled1898
scrunty1947
1765 S. Foote Commissary i. 10 His little weezen face as sharp as a razor.
1793 C. Smith Old Manor House I. iii. 53 However she may set her weazen face against it,..she likes at the bottom of her heart a young fellow of spirit.
1820 W. Irving Inn Kitchen in Sketch Bk. I. 317 A little swarthy Frenchman, with a dry weazen face.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby lxii. 604 A little, weazen, hump-backed man.
1890 W. S. Gilbert Foggerty's Fairy & Other Tales 76 A weazen little body, with over lady-like manners.
Compounds
weazen-face adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [adjective]
flatc1400
hardc1400
low-cheeredc1400
large?a1425
ruscledc1440
well-visagedc1440
platter-faced1533
well-faced1534
full-faced1543
fair-faced1553
bright-faceda1560
crab-faced1563
crab-snouted1563
crab-tree-faced1563
long-visaged1584
owlya1586
wainscot-faced1588
flaberkin1592
rough-hewn1593
angel-faced1594
round-faced1594
crab-favoured1596
rugged1596
weasel-faced1596
rough-faced1598
half-faced1600
chitty1601
lenten-faced1604
broad-faced1607
dog-faced1607
weaselled-faced1607
wry-faced1607
maid-faced1610
warp-faced1611
ill-faceda1616
lean-faceda1616
old-faceda1616
moon-faced1619
monkey-faced1620
chitty-face1622
chitty-faceda1627
lean-chapt1629
antic-faced1635
bloat-faced1638
bacon-facea1640
blue-faced1640
hatchet-faced1648
grave1650
lean-jawed1679
smock-faced1684
lean-visaged1686
flaber1687
baby-faced1692
splatter-faced1707
chubby1722
puggy1722
block-faced1751
haggard-looking1756
long-faced1762
haggardly1763
fresh-faced1766
dough-faced1773
pudding-faced1777
baby-featured1780
fat-faced1782
haggard1787
weazen-face1794
keen1798
ferret-like1801
lean-cheeked1812
mulberry-faced1812
open-faced1813
open-countenanced1819
chiselled1821
hatchety1821
misfeatured1822
terse1824
weazen-faced1824
mahogany-faced1825
clock-faced1827
sharp1832
sensual1833
beef-faced1838
weaselly1838
ferret-faced1840
sensuous1843
rat-faced1844
recedent1849
neat-faced1850
cherubimical1854
pinch-faced1859
cherubic1860
frownya1861
receding1866
weak1882
misfeaturing1885
platopic1885
platyopic1885
pro-opic1885
wind-splitting1890
falcon-face1891
blunt-featured1916
bun-faced1927
fish-faced1963
1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams I. vi. 102 He is but a poor, weazen-face chicken of a gentleman.
weazen-faced adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [adjective]
flatc1400
hardc1400
low-cheeredc1400
large?a1425
ruscledc1440
well-visagedc1440
platter-faced1533
well-faced1534
full-faced1543
fair-faced1553
bright-faceda1560
crab-faced1563
crab-snouted1563
crab-tree-faced1563
long-visaged1584
owlya1586
wainscot-faced1588
flaberkin1592
rough-hewn1593
angel-faced1594
round-faced1594
crab-favoured1596
rugged1596
weasel-faced1596
rough-faced1598
half-faced1600
chitty1601
lenten-faced1604
broad-faced1607
dog-faced1607
weaselled-faced1607
wry-faced1607
maid-faced1610
warp-faced1611
ill-faceda1616
lean-faceda1616
old-faceda1616
moon-faced1619
monkey-faced1620
chitty-face1622
chitty-faceda1627
lean-chapt1629
antic-faced1635
bloat-faced1638
bacon-facea1640
blue-faced1640
hatchet-faced1648
grave1650
lean-jawed1679
smock-faced1684
lean-visaged1686
flaber1687
baby-faced1692
splatter-faced1707
chubby1722
puggy1722
block-faced1751
haggard-looking1756
long-faced1762
haggardly1763
fresh-faced1766
dough-faced1773
pudding-faced1777
baby-featured1780
fat-faced1782
haggard1787
weazen-face1794
keen1798
ferret-like1801
lean-cheeked1812
mulberry-faced1812
open-faced1813
open-countenanced1819
chiselled1821
hatchety1821
misfeatured1822
terse1824
weazen-faced1824
mahogany-faced1825
clock-faced1827
sharp1832
sensual1833
beef-faced1838
weaselly1838
ferret-faced1840
sensuous1843
rat-faced1844
recedent1849
neat-faced1850
cherubimical1854
pinch-faced1859
cherubic1860
frownya1861
receding1866
weak1882
misfeaturing1885
platopic1885
platyopic1885
pro-opic1885
wind-splitting1890
falcon-face1891
blunt-featured1916
bun-faced1927
fish-faced1963
1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. i. 65 He saw a pale, weazen-faced fellow in a long flannel gown.
1841 W. M. Thackeray Great Hoggarty Diamond ii A little weazen-faced old lady.
1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xi. 135 A little blear-eyed, weazen-faced, ancient man came creeping out.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
weazenv.
/ˈwiːz(ə)n/ intransitive. To shrink, shrivel. Also transitive (? nonce-use) to cause to shrink.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > become reduced in size or extent [verb (intransitive)] > contract or shrink > into wrinkles
wizenc890
clinga1000
shrinkc1000
rivelOE
snurpc1300
wrinkle1528
warp1579
shrivel1588
pucker1598
shirpc1639
tuck1797
weazen1821
cringle1823
swivel1898
the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > contract or shrink > into wrinkles
shrenchc950
clinker1495
wizen1513
rivel1543
clinga1547
shrivel1609
warpa1616
pucker1616
plight1638
weazen1821
1821 Lonsdale Mag. 2 409 I put those three shillings..into a hole, and I found them weezened every time I went to look at them... I have just found it out that Dick has weezend them.
1850 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 11 ii. 605 Nothing retards their [sc. pigs'] feeding so much as allowing them to be pining and weazening for their anticipated regular meal.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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