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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.
Definition 2024
bedizen
bedizen
English
Alternative forms
Verb
bedizen (third-person singular simple present bedizens, present participle bedizening, simple past and past participle bedizened)
- (transitive) To ornament something in showy, tasteless, or gaudy finery.
- (transitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England) To dirty; cover with dirt.
Translations
to ornament gaudily
Etymology 2
Noun
bedizen (plural bedizens)
- (colloquial) A person who spends most of their time in bed; a slugabed.