bedizened en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /bɪˈdaɪzənd/ (General-American)
- /-ˈdɪ-/ (General-American)
- /bɪˈdaɪz(ə)nd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree English bedizen Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English bedizened From bedizen + -ed.
Meanings
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(literary) Dressed or ornamented in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner; ostentatious.
There was much whispering and plotting after she had gone in, a conference with some of the boys, and a handing over of bedizened pencils and chews of gum for value received.
1923, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, “Trial by Fire”, in Emily of New Moon, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →OCLC, page 84:She wore only the subtlest touch of make up and round her delicate throat only a single string of pearls. Among the hundred bedizened women she was a rarity.
[1943], Marjorie Barnard, “Arrow of Mistletoe”, in The Persimmon Tree and Other Stories, Sydney, N.S.W.: The Clarendon Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 12:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most bedizened | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more bedizened | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |