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Definition of Bedizen
1. Verb. Decorate tastelessly.
2. Verb. Dress up garishly and tastelessly.
Generic synonyms: Attire, Deck Out, Deck Up, Dress Up, Fancy Up, Fig Out, Fig Up, Get Up, Gussy Up, Overdress, Prink, Rig Out, Tog Out, Tog Up, Trick Out, Trick Up
Definition of Bedizen
1. v. t. To dress or adorn tawdrily or with false taste.
Definition of Bedizen
1. Verb. (transitive) To ornament something in showy, tasteless, or gaudy finery. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive UK dialectal Northern England) To dirty; cover with dirt. ¹
3. Noun. (colloquial) A person who spends most of their time in bed; a slugabed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bedizen
1. to dress gaudily [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedizen
Literary usage of Bedizen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Miscellanies by Charles Kingsley (1860)
"... mainly, we believe, under the influence of Burns, although he himself thought
it his duty to bedizen his verses therewith, and though it was destined to ..."
2. A Bowl of "Punch": Or, Selections from the London Charivari by Punch (London). (1844)
"... And seem deeply impress'd with the pride of their state; Then follow the
Bargemen, bedizen'd in red, And looking like lobsters prepared for the fete. ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"bedizen. To load with ornament, to dress with unbecoming richness; and to dizen
out was vised in the same sense. The only etymology suggested has been the ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1871)
"bedizen, va Adorn (gaudily), deck, BEDECK. Bedlam, n. Madhouse, lunatic hospital,
lunatic asylum, hospital, for the insane. Bedlamite, n. ..."
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