- bedizen
- \ \ see DISTAFF
Word origins - 2ed. J. Ayto. 2005.
bedizen
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Bedizen — Be*diz en, v. t. To dress or adorn tawdrily or with false taste. [1913 Webster] Remnants of tapestried hangings, . . . and shreds of pictures with which he had bedizened his tatters. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bedizen — index embellish Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
bedizen — 1660s, from BE (Cf. be ) + dizen to dress (1610s), especially, from late 18c., to dress finely, adorn, originally to dress (a distaff) for spinning (1520s), and evidently the verbal form of the first element in DISTAFF (Cf. distaff). It is… … Etymology dictionary
bedizen — [bē dī′zən, bidī′zən; ] also [, bidiz′ən] vt. [ BE + DIZEN] Now Rare to dress or decorate in a cheap, showy way bedizenment n … English World dictionary
bedizen — transitive verb Date: 1661 to dress or adorn gaudily • bedizenment noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
bedizen — bedizenment, n. /bi duy zeuhn, diz euhn/, v.t. to dress or adorn in a showy, gaudy, or tasteless manner. [1655 65; BE + DIZEN] * * * … Universalium
bedizen — 1. verb To ornament something in showy, tasteless, or gaudy finery. 2. noun A person who spends most of their time in bed; a slugabed … Wiktionary
bedizen — Synonyms and related words: adorn, apply paint, array, beautify, bedaub, bedeck, begild, besmear, blazon, brush on paint, calcimine, coat, color, complexion, cover, dab, dandify, daub, deck, deck out, decorate, deep dye, dip, distemper, dizen,… … Moby Thesaurus
bedizen — see DISTAFF … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
bedizen — be·diz·en || bɪ daɪzn v. decorate in a cheap showy manner; dress gaudily and in poor taste … English contemporary dictionary
bedizen — [bɪ dʌɪz(ə)n, dɪz ] verb literary dress up or decorate gaudily. Origin C17: from be + obs. dizen deck out … English new terms dictionary
