bedizen
11bedizen — [bɪ dʌɪz(ə)n, dɪz ] verb literary dress up or decorate gaudily. Origin C17: from be + obs. dizen deck out …
12bedizen — v. a. Adorn (gaudily), deck, bedeck, trick out, begawd, prank …
13bedizen — v bedaub, bedeck, dress gaudily. See bedaub (def.2) …
14bedizen — be·di·zen …
15bedizen — be•di•zen [[t]bɪˈdaɪ zən, ˈdɪz ən[/t]] v. t. to dress or adorn gaudily or tastelessly • Etymology: 1655–65; be +dizen be•di′zen•ment, n …
16bedizen — /bəˈdaɪzən/ (say buh duyzuhn), / ˈdɪzən/ (say dizuhn), /bi / (say bee ) verb (t) Archaic to dress or adorn gaudily. {be + obsolete dizen deck out, dress (something up), from Old English dis bunch of flax (as on a distaff) –bedizenment, noun …
17bedizen — v.t. dress gaudily …
18bedizen — see DISTAFF …
19bedizen — v.tr. poet. deck out gaudily. Etymology: BE + obs. dizen deck out …
20distaff — [OE] The compound noun distaff ‘rod for holding flax, wool, etc in spinning’ was a late Old English formation from *dis ‘bunch of flax’ (a word which survives in bedizen [17], a derivative of the obsolete dizen, which originally meant ‘put flax… …