bedizen

English

Etymology 1

From be- +‎ dizen.

Alternative forms

• bedizzen

Verb

bedizen (third-person singular simple present bedizens, present participle bedizening, simple past and past participle bedizened)

1. (transitive) To ornament something in showy, tasteless, or gaudy finery.
2. (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England) To dirty; cover with dirt.

Translations

to ornament gaudily

• Bulgarian: кича (bg) (kiča), труфя (bg) (trufja)

• Ido: dekorachar, ornachar, vestizachar

Etymology 2

Blend of bed and citizen.

Noun

bedizen (plural bedizens)

1. (colloquial) A person who spends most of their time in bed; a slugabed.