Both Uses of
wizened
in
Atlas Shrugged
- There was a small bar in a dark corner of the room, where an old, wizened bartender stood for long stretches of time without moving.†
Chpt 1.3 *
- He had paid them to do it-he whom the law permitted no other way to gain his freedom, no right to state the facts and plead the truth-the law which delivered his fate, not to objective rules objectively defined, but to the arbitrary mercy of a judge with a wizened face and a look of empty cunning.†
Chpt 3.5
Definition:
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(wizened) thin and wrinkled -- typically from age or illness