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bedizen

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

/ bɪˈdaɪ zən, -ˈdɪz ən /

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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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Origin of bedizen

First recorded in 1655–65; be- + dizen

OTHER WORDS FROM bedizen

be·di·zen·ment, nounun·be·di·zened, adjective

Words nearby bedizen

bedframe, bedight, bedim, bed in, Bedivere, bedizen, bed jacket, bedlam, bedlamer, bedlamite, bedlamp

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How to use bedizen in a sentence

A refined woman will always look neat; but, on the other hand, she will not bedizen and bedeck herself with a view to display.
How to be Happy Though Married|E. J. Hardy.
The French chamarrer, to deck out, or bedizen, is said to be a word of kindred origin.
The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2]|George Borrow
I'st teach yo to burn three candles down awbut to nothink 'at yo may bedizen yorsel in this way.
The History of David Grieve|Mrs. Humphry Ward
Mirrors being very rare, the women bedizen themselves with tinsel, the bizarre effect of which they have no means of appreciating.
Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century|W. H. Davenport Adams

Is not your body a far more beautiful and nobler thing than all the gay clothes with which you can bedizen it?
Sermons for the Times|Charles Kingsley

British Dictionary definitions for bedizen

bedizen

/ (bɪˈdaɪzən, -ˈdɪzən) /

verb

(tr) archaic to dress or decorate gaudily or tastelessly

Derived forms of bedizen

bedizenment, noun

Word Origin for bedizen

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

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