bedizen
[ bih-dahy-zuhn, -diz-uhn ]
/ bɪˈdaɪ zən, -ˈdɪz ən /
verb (used with object)
to dress or adorn in a showy, gaudy, or tasteless manner: Several bedizened floozies were lounging at the bar.To my dismay, the new PR team bedizened our website with animated images and text.
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bedizen
/ (bɪˈdaɪzən, -ˈdɪzən) /
verb
(tr) archaic to dress or decorate gaudily or tastelessly
Derived forms of bedizen
bedizenment, nounWord Origin for bedizen
C17: from be- + obsolete dizen to dress up, of uncertain origin
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