bedizen

(Anglais)

1. (also, figuratively, literary, transitive) To dress or ornament (someone or something), especially in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner.
2. (Northern-England, literary, transitive) To make (someone or something) dirty; to bedaub, to besmear, to dirty.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bɪˈdaɪzən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

PIE word
*h₁epi
From be- (intensifying prefix) + dizen (“to attire, dress, especially showily”). Dizen is derived from dialectal dize (“to put (tow) on a distaff”), probably from Middle English *disen, from Old English *disan, *disian, from *dise, *disen (“bunch of flax on a distaff”), from Proto-Germanic *disanō (“distaff”); further etymology unknown.

Synonymes

dizen

array

beautify

bedeck

clothe

deck

decorate

dress

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adorn

festoon

garb

garnish

ornament

outfit

trim

embellish

Traductions

καταστολίζω

opschikken

emperejilarse

emperifollarse

emperifollar vulgarmente

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