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Webster 1913 Edition

Dizen

Diz′en

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dizened
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Dizening
.]
[Perh. orig., to dress in a foolish manner, and allied to
dizzy
: but cf. also OE.
dysyn
(
Palsgrave
) to put tow or flax on a distaff, i. e., to dress it. Cf.
Distaff
.]
1.
To dress; to attire.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
2.
To dress gaudily; to overdress; to bedizen; to deck out.
Like a tragedy queen, he has
dizened
her out.
Goldsmith.
To-morrow when the masks shall fall
That
dizen
Nature’s carnival.
Emerson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dizen

DIZEN

,
Verb.
T.
dizn. To dress gayly; to deck.
This word is not esteemed elegant, and is nearly obsolete. Its compound bedizen is used in burlesque.

Definition 2024

dizen

dizen

English

Alternative forms

Verb

dizen ‎(third-person singular simple present dizens, present participle dizening, simple past and past participle dizened)

  1. (transitive) To dress with flax for spinning.
  2. (transitive) To dress with clothes; attire; deck; bedizen.
  3. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To dress showily; adorn; dress out.

Derived terms

Spanish

Verb

dizen

  1. Obsolete spelling of dicen

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): dizén
  • Hyphenation: di‧zen

Noun

dizen

  1. second-person singular possessive of dize

Etymology

From dialectal dize ‎(“to put tow on a distaff”), from Middle English *disen, from Old English *disan, *disian, from *dise, *disen ‎(“bunch of flax on a distaff”), from Proto-Germanic *disanō ‎(“distaff”), of unknown origin, equivalent to dize +‎ -en. Cognate with Middle Low German dise, disene ‎(“distaff”). More at dize.

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