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wizened

adjective as in dried, shriveled up

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

The plant had once been glorious but was abandoned in critical condition, with sap-oozing wounds and wizened limbs.

Jeremy Egner of The New York Times wrote that “Stewart’s first night found him grayer — at one point he used his own wizened face as a prop in a joke about the presidential candidates’ ages.

Stewart’s first night back found him grayer — at one point he used his own wizened face as a prop in a joke about the presidential candidates’ ages.

She darted to the nearest staircase, passing more wizened librarians toting armfuls of books, automats leading sullen trainees with detention slips, and people browsing.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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