weazen

English

Etymology

See wizen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːzən/

Noun

weazen (plural weazens)

1. An old person.
   • 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC:

     Marry, come up, say I — what a plague — does an old weazen think that tender lasses are to be bought like pullets o' a market day?

Synonyms

• geriatric, oldster, senior citizen; see also Thesaurus:old person

Adjective

weazen (comparative more weazen, superlative most weazen)

1. Thin; sharp; withered; wizened.
   • 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:

     It was not merely that they were weazen and shrivelled—though they were certainly that too—but they looked absolutely ferocious with discontent.