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bedizen

[ bih-dahy-zuhn, -diz-uhn ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to dress or adorn in a showy, gaudy, or tasteless manner:

    She was bedizened in a sequined gown and an enormous feathered headpiece.

    To my dismay, the new PR team bedizened our website with animated images and text.



bedizen

/ bɪˈdaɪzən; -ˈdɪzən /

verb

  1. archaic.
    tr to dress or decorate gaudily or tastelessly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • beˈdizenment, noun
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Other Words From

  • be·dizen·ment noun
  • unbe·dizened adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bedizen1

First recorded in 1655–65; be- + dizen
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bedizen1

C17: from be- + obsolete dizen to dress up, of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences

A refined woman will always look neat; but, on the other hand, she will not bedizen and bedeck herself with a view to display.

The French chamarrer, to deck out, or bedizen, is said to be a word of kindred origin.

I'st teach yo to burn three candles down awbut to nothink 'at yo may bedizen yorsel in this way.

Mirrors being very rare, the women bedizen themselves with tinsel, the bizarre effect of which they have no means of appreciating.

Is not your body a far more beautiful and nobler thing than all the gay clothes with which you can bedizen it?

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