Made smaller or reduced in size, often because something has dried out, been washed, or lost moisture over time.
Past participle of 'shrink,' which comes from Old English 'scrincan.' The '-en' suffix marks it as an adjective describing a permanent or completed state.
Wool sweaters shrink in hot water because heat causes the protein fibers to tighten and bond more closely together—it's an irreversible physical change, which is why 'shrunken' implies something has fundamentally changed, not just temporarily gotten smaller.
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