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weazen

/ˈwiːzən/

weazen noun: an old person.

Noun

weazen (plural weazens)

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

Adjective

weazen (comparative more weazen, superlative most weazen)

  1. Thin; sharp; withered; wizened.
    • It was not merely that they were weazen and shrivelled—though they were certainly that too—but they looked absolutely ferocious with discontent.1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC

Synonyms of weazen

Forms of weazen

Noun
pluralweazens
Adjective
comparativemore weazen
superlativemost weazen

Origin of weazen

See wizen.

Questions about weazen

What does weazen mean?
Weazen means an old person.
What part of speech is weazen?
Weazen can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce weazen?
Weazen is pronounced /ˈwiːzən/.
What is the plural of weazen?
The plural of weazen is weazens.

Words near weazen in the dictionary

  1. weavy
  2. weazand
  3. weazands
  4. weazel
  5. weazels
  6. weazen
  7. weazened
  8. weazens
  9. weazeny
  10. weazle
  11. weazles

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