bedizening

noun
/bɪˈdaɪzənɪŋ/UK/bɪˈdaɪzənɪŋ/US

Etymology

From bedizen + -ing.

  1. inherited from *disanō — “distaff
  2. inherited from *disan
  3. inherited from *disen
  4. formed as bedizening — “bedizen + -ing

Definitions

  1. gerund of bedizen

    gerund of bedizen: an act of dressing or ornamenting someone or something, especially in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner.

    • The oratory closed, the dormitory became the scene of ablutions, arrayings and bedizenings curiously elaborate. To me it was, and ever must be an enigma, how they contrived to spend so much time in doing so little.
  2. present participle and gerund of bedizen

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bedizening. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA