bedizen

C2+ Topic:Clothing & Appearance

US /bɪˈdaɪzən/ UK /bɪˈdaɪzən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to dress or adorn gaudily and showily

She bedizened herself with every jewel she owned.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to dress or adorn gaudily... adorn deck array bedeck festoon ornamenttrick out

Opposites

stripunadorn

Word family

Derived forms bedizenedbedizenment

Related forms dizendistaff

Etymology

From the intensive prefix be- + the now-rare verb dizen ('to dress a distaff with flax'). Dizen ultimately relates to the Low German root of distaff (Old English distæf).

be- Old English dis- Latin

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Topics

Clothing & Appearance Word Formation & Derivatives

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# bedizen

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /bɪˈdaɪzən/
**IPA (UK):** /bɪˈdaɪzən/

## Meanings
1. to dress or adorn gaudily and showily

## Examples
- She bedizened herself with every jewel she owned.

## Synonyms
- adorn
- deck
- array
- bedeck
- festoon
- ornament
- trick out

## Antonyms
- strip
- unadorn

## Derived Forms
- bedizened
- bedizenment

## Related Forms
- dizen
- distaff

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: be-
- Root: dis-

## Etymology
From the intensive prefix be- + the now-rare verb dizen ('to dress a distaff with flax'). Dizen ultimately relates to the Low German root of distaff (Old English distæf).

## AI Etymology
Bedizen is from the intensive prefix be- + the now-rare verb dizen ('to dress a distaff with flax'). Dizen ultimately relates to the Low German root of distaff (Old English distæf). Important recorded forms include be- (Old English) and dis- (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to dress or adorn gaudily and showily. The wider family includes derived forms such as bedizened and bedizenment and related words such as dizen and distaff.

## Topics
- Clothing & Appearance
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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