wizened face
a face with many wrinkles
TRANSLATION
wizened = runzelig; runzlig; schrumpelig; schrumplig LEO
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Albert Einstein was once introduced to the eighteen-month-old son of a young friend. The infant looked into the old physicist's WIZENED FACE and promptly began to cry.
"You're the first person for years," Einstein declared, patting the child on the head, "who has told me what he really thinks of me."
Einstein, Albert (1879-1955) German-born American physicist, Nobel Prize recipient (Physics, 1921) noted for his revolutionary special (1905) and general (1915) theories of relativity which revolutionized modern thought on the nature of space and time and formed the theoretical basis for the production of atomic energy.
"You're the first person for years," Einstein declared, patting the child on the head, "who has told me what he really thinks of me."
Einstein, Albert (1879-1955) German-born American physicist, Nobel Prize recipient (Physics, 1921) noted for his revolutionary special (1905) and general (1915) theories of relativity which revolutionized modern thought on the nature of space and time and formed the theoretical basis for the production of atomic energy.
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wizened
adjective
Shriveled or dried up; withered:
“There would be a day when his face would be wrinkled and wizen” (Oscar Wilde).
Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Synonyms:
diminished, dried, gnarled, lean, macerated, mummified, old, reduced, shriveled, shrunk, shrunken, wilted, withered, worn, wrinkled
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adjective
Shriveled or dried up; withered:
“There would be a day when his face would be wrinkled and wizen” (Oscar Wilde).
Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Synonyms:
diminished, dried, gnarled, lean, macerated, mummified, old, reduced, shriveled, shrunk, shrunken, wilted, withered, worn, wrinkled
IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"There are some cultures where a wizened face offers a definite status advantage"
