bedizen
1Bedizen — 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] …
2bedizen — index embellish Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3bedizen — 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… …
4bedizen — [bē dī′zən, bidī′zən; ] also [, bidiz′ən] vt. [ BE + DIZEN] Now Rare to dress or decorate in a cheap, showy way bedizenment n …
5bedizen — transitive verb Date: 1661 to dress or adorn gaudily • bedizenment noun …
6bedizen — bedizenment, n. /bi duy zeuhn, diz euhn/, v.t. to dress or adorn in a showy, gaudy, or tasteless manner. [1655 65; BE + DIZEN] * * * …
7bedizen — 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 …
8bedizen — 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,… …
9bedizen — see DISTAFF …
10bedizen — be·diz·en || bɪ daɪzn v. decorate in a cheap showy manner; dress gaudily and in poor taste …
