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单词 bedizen
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/bɪˈdʌɪz(ə)n//bɪˈdɪz(ə)n/
Forms: Also bedizzen.
Etymology: < be- prefix + dizen v. All English orthoepists have //; Webster has the alternative /ɪ/.
1. transitive. To dress out, especially in a vulgar or gaudy fashion.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > dress up or dress elaborately
disguisec1325
quaintisea1333
guisea1400
to dress up?a1513
deck?1521
garnisha1535
trim1594
gallant1614
sprug1622
dizena1625
to dress out1649
bedizen1661
rig1723
trim1756
bedress1821
gaudy1838
buck up1854
garb1868
clobber1887
mum1890
to do up1897
dude1899
toff1914
lair1941
1661 K. W. Confused Characters 112 These petty Ladies..are bedizned in sable sacks, or..in white sarcenet wallats.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Bedizen, to dress out: a low word.
a1779 J. Langhorne Country Justice (R.) Ye cits, that sore bedizen Nature's face.
1825 W. Scott Talisman (1854) 267 You have bedizened me in green, a colour he detests.
2. transitive. figurative.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > ornament [verb (transitive)] > adorn cheaply or gaudily
bedaub1581
plaster1585
daub1594
begaudy1640
betawder1682
tawder1716
bedizen1786
1786 H. Headley Parod. Gray's El. in Poems 29 The name bedizon'd by the pedant muse.
1806 Edinb. Rev. 8 268 The quotations..with which Mr. Lemaistre has thought fit to bedizzen his pages.
1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 130 Bedizened out into a burlesque imitation of an antique masque.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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