dizen

dizen
Synonyms and related words:
adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, color, dandify, deck, deck out, decorate, doll up, dress, dress up, embellish, emblazon, embroider, enrich, fancy up, fig out, fix up, furbish, garnish, get up, grace, gussy up, ornament, overdress, paint, prank, prank up, preen, prettify, pretty up, primp, primp up, prink, prink up, rag out, redecorate, redo, refurbish, set off, set out, slick up, smarten, smarten up, spruce up, titivate, trick out, trick up, trim

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  • Dizen — Diz en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dizened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dizening}.] [Perh. orig., to dress in a foolish manner, and allied to dizzy: but cf. also OE. dysyn (Palsgrave) to put tow or flax on a distaff, i. e., to dress it. Cf. {Distaff}.] 1. To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dizen — index embellish Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • dizen — [dī′zən; ] also [ diz′ən] vt. [MDu disen, to put flax on a distaff < LowG diesse, bunch of flax, akin to OE dis : see DISTAFF] Archaic BEDIZEN …   English World dictionary

  • dizen — transitive verb Etymology: earlier disen to dress a distaff with flax, from Middle Dutch Date: 1619 archaic bedizen …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • dizen — dizenment, n. /duy zeuhn, diz euhn/, v.t. Archaic. to deck with clothes or finery; bedizen. [1520 30; dis bunch of flax on a DISTAFF + EN1] * * * …   Universalium

  • dizen — v. dress in a flashy manner; bedizen, decorate in a cheap showy manner; attire, deck, clothe …   English contemporary dictionary

  • dizen — di•zen [[t]ˈdaɪ zən, ˈdɪz ən[/t]] v. t. archaic to bedizen • Etymology: 1520–30; dis bunch of flax on a distaff+ en I …   From formal English to slang

  • dizen —  to dress. N. Hence bedizen d out, over, awkwardly, or improperly dressed …   A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

  • dizen — verb dress up garishly and tastelessly • Syn: ↑bedizen • Hypernyms: ↑overdress, ↑dress up, ↑fig out, ↑fig up, ↑deck up, ↑gussy up, ↑fancy up, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Dizened — Dizen Diz en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dizened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dizening}.] [Perh. orig., to dress in a foolish manner, and allied to dizzy: but cf. also OE. dysyn (Palsgrave) to put tow or flax on a distaff, i. e., to dress it. Cf. {Distaff}.] 1.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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