Origin: Germanic Old English prefix
Withered has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
simple past tense and past participle of wither
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
"the old woman's shriveled skin"
"he looked shriveled and ill"
"a shrunken old man"
"a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"
"he did well despite his withered arm"
"a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"
Shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water.