bedizen
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bedizen
- /bɪˈdaɪz(ə)n/ UK
- /-ˈdɪ-/ UK
- /bɪˈdaɪzən/ US
- /-ˈdɪ-/ US
Rhymes with -aɪzən, -ɪzən
Where it comes from
PIE word
*h₁epi
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.
verb bedizens · bedizening · bedizened · bedisen · bedizzen
- To dress or ornament (someone or something), especially in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner. Self is a great Fop and a great Slattern: Soul has given her very good Cloaths, fine Ornaments, plain and neat, but Self either leaves them, like a Slut, in every Corner of the Houſe; or vvhen ſhe puts them on, ſhe does bedizen them vvith Lace and Embroidery, Fringes and Ruffles, Patches, and Povvde
- To make (someone or something) dirty; to bedaub, to besmear, to dirty. Slinger brast aght o'th' door like a roarin lion,—but he wor sooin collard, an' he wor soa bedisend with soft cake an' puttaty pillins at his own mother could'nt ha owned him.
