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bi-DAI-zuhn
verb
to dress-up or decorate in a garish or gaudy manner
1850The Scarlet Letter Prithee, young one, who art thou, and what has ailed thy mother to bedizen thee in this strange fashion?1864The Roman and the Teuton But still the Trolls can tempt and bribe the greedier or the more vain; and still the wonders inside haunt their minds; till it becomes a fixed idea among them all, to conquer the garden for themselves and bedizen themselves in the fine clothes, and drink their fill of the wine. 1895The British Barbarians Sometimes people cover their heads with filth or ashes; and sometimes they bedizen them with crape and white streamers. 1997The Demon PrincesBedizened and fashionable, Gersen now failed to recognize himself in the mirror. Labels: Charles Kingsley, Grant Allen, Jack Vance, Nathaniel Hawthorne
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