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Webster 1913 Edition


Bedizen

Be-diz′en

,
Verb.
T.
To dress or adorn tawdrily or with false taste.
Remnants of tapestried hangings, . . . and shreds of pictures with which he had
bedizened
his tatters.
Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bedizen

BEDIZ'EN

,
Verb.
T.
bediz'n. [be and dizen.] To adorn; to deck; a low word.

Definition 2024


bedizen

bedizen

English

Alternative forms

Verb

bedizen (third-person singular simple present bedizens, present participle bedizening, simple past and past participle bedizened)

  1. (transitive) To ornament something in showy, tasteless, or gaudy finery.
  2. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England) To dirty; cover with dirt.
Translations

Etymology 2

Blend of bed and citizen.

Noun

bedizen (plural bedizens)

  1. (colloquial) A person who spends most of their time in bed; a slugabed.