bedight

English

Etymology

From Middle English bedighten, bidihten; equivalent to be- +‎ dight.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈdaɪt/
  • IPA^(key): [bɪˈdʌɪt]
• Rhymes: -aɪt

Verb

bedight (third-person singular simple present bedights, present participle bedighting, simple past and past participle bedight or bedighted)

1. (archaic) To equip or bedeck.
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:

     Who comes through Michan’s land, bedight in sable armour? O’Bloom, the son of Rory: it is he.

   • 1843, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas:

     In half a minute Mrs Cratchit entered – flushed, but smiling proudly – with the pudding, like a speckled cannon-ball, so hard and firm, blazing in half of half-a-quartern of ignited brandy, and bedight with Christmas holly stuck into the top.