wizened

Danielle Pinnock’s character, a Jamaican woman who is taken to America by a wizened older man she refers to as the “old raisin,” has a brassy boldness and bawdiness that also seduces the audience’s affections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

I saw a picture recently of you and Cameron Winter of Geese, which got me thinking about how you’re between two phases: not yet a wizened old-timer — Depends who you ask.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

But the admiring, even celebratory, tone of these paeans to hot actresses remaining hot well past Hollywood’s traditional expiration date masks the shadow side of this phenomenon: The wizened, terrifying hag.

From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2025

Cecilia also encounters a wizened nun with large cross-shaped scars on the soles of her feet.

From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024

He was one of the more wizened residents on the farm, late from North Carolina and the massacres, and preferred his meat melting soft.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead