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wizen

/ˈwaɪzən/WIGH-zuhn
/ˈwaɪzən/WIGH-zuhn

Meaningdry up

Common meaning: shrink or become wrinkled with age

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishwisnian‘dry up’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsdry up → become shrivelledwisenen‘become shrivelled’source
  3. Englishwizen‘shrink or become wrinkled with age’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English wisnian ‘dry up’.

Roots

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