weazenyadj.
/ˈwiːzəni/ Somewhat weazen.
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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
1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 319 A half-dozen of weazeny baked pears.
1865 Mrs. H. Wood Mildred Arkell xxviii A thin, weaseny sort of man.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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adj.1864