bedizened

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɪˈdaɪz(ə)nd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɪˈdaɪzənd/, /-ˈdɪ-/
• Rhymes: -aɪzənd, -ɪzənd
• Hyphenation: be‧diz‧en‧ed

Adjective

bedizened (comparative more bedizened, superlative most bedizened)

1. (literary) Dressed or ornamented in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner; ostentatious.

   Synonym: gaudy

   • 1923, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, “Trial by Fire”, in Emily of New Moon, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →OCLC, page 84:

     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.

   • [1943], Marjorie Barnard, “Arrow of Mistletoe”, in The Persimmon Tree and Other Stories, Sydney, N.S.W.: The Clarendon Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 12:

     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.

Derived terms

• unbedizened

Translations

dressed or ornamented in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner — see ostentatious

Verb

bedizened

1. simple past and past participle of bedizen

Alternative forms

• bedisened