different between dizen vs wizen

English

Alternative forms

• disen, dysyn, dizzen

Etymology

From dialectal dize (“to put tow on a distaff”), from Middle English *disen, from Old English *disan, *disian, from *dise, *disen (“bunch of flax on a distaff”), from Proto-Germanic *disan? (“distaff”), of unknown origin, equivalent to dize +? -en. Cognate with Middle Low German dise, disene (“distaff”). More at dize.

Verb

dizen (third-person singular simple present dizens, present participle dizening, simple past and past participle dizened)

1. (transitive) To dress with flax for spinning.
2. (transitive) To dress with clothes; attire; deck; bedizen.
3. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To dress showily; adorn; dress out.

Derived terms

• bedizen

Spanish

Verb

dizen

1. Archaic spelling of dicen.

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di?zen/
• Hyphenation: di?zen

Noun

dizen

1. second-person singular possessive of dize

West Frisian

Noun

dizen

1. plural of dize

English

Alternative forms

• wizzen

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, weosnian, from Proto-Germanic *wisn?jan, from *wesan? (“to consume”). Cognate with Icelandic visna, Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (frawisan, “to squander through feasting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?z?n/
• Rhymes: -?z?n

Adjective

wizen (comparative more wizen, superlative most wizen)

1. Wizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
   • 1864, - Henry Dunbar by Mary Elizabeth Braddon [1]

     His face was wizen and wrinkled, his faded blue eyes dim and weak-looking. He was feeble, and his hands were tremulous with a perpetual nervous motion.

   • 1890, - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde [2]

     Yes, there would be a day when his face would be wrinkled and wizen, his eyes dim and colourless, the grace of his figure broken and deformed. The scarlet would pass away from his lips and the gold steal from his hair.

Translations

Verb

wizen (third-person singular simple present wizens, present participle wizening, simple past and past participle wizened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To wither; to become, or make, lean and wrinkled by shrinkage, as from age or illness.

Translations

Anagrams

• winze