verb
bedizen
Bedizen (verb) means to decorate someone or something in a flashy, over-the-top way.
verb
1
To decorate someone or something in a flashy, over-the-top way.
"Twenty-four hours later we were both in the vast halls of the Winter Palace in full uniform, as bedizened with gold as a nouveau riche’s drawing-room."
— Lord Frederic Hamilton i.e, Frederick Spencer Hamilton (1921)
"Dolores flitted around the car, screaming like a banshee, her face bedizened with fury."
— Maya Angelou (1969)
2
To smear or cover something with dirt.
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Etymology
Involves the Proto-Indo-European word *h₁epi. Formed from be- (intensifying prefix) and dizen (“to attire, dress, especially showily”), with dizen derived from dialectal dize (“to put (tow) on a distaff”), probably from Middle English *disen, from Old English *disan, *disian, from *dise, *disen (“bunch of flax on a distaff”), from Proto-Germanic *disanō (“distaff”); its further origin is unknown.
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What is the meaning of bedizen?
"bedizen" (verb) means to decorate someone or something in a flashy, over-the-top way.
What is another word for bedizen?
Other words for "bedizen" include embellish, dizen, gaud, bedaub, bedirty, begrime.
What are the different meanings of bedizen?
"bedizen" has 2 main meanings: 1. To decorate someone or something in a flashy, over-the-top way; 2. To smear or cover something with dirt.
