bedizen

== English == === Etymology === From be- (intensifying prefix) +‎ dizen (“to attire, dress, especially showily”). Dizen is 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”); further etymology unknown. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɪˈdaɪz(ə)n/ (General American) IPA(key): /bɪˈdaɪzən/, /-ˈdɪ-/ Rhymes: -aɪzən, -ɪzən Hyphenation: be‧diz‧en === Verb === bedizen (third-person singular simple present bedizens, present participle bedizening, simple past and past participle bedizened) (transitive, literary) (also figurative) To dress or ornament (someone or something), especially in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner. Synonym: embellish Coordinate term: bedazzle (Northern England) To make (someone or something) dirty; to bedaub, to besmear, to dirty. ==== Alternative forms ==== bedisen, bedizzen ==== Derived terms ==== bedizened (adjective) bedizening (noun) bedizenment bedizenry ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Joseph Wright, editor (1898), “BEDIZEN, v.”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume I (A–C), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 217, column 2.