bedizening

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UK/bɪˈdaɪzənɪŋ/UK/bɪˈdaɪznɪŋ/US/-ˈdɪ-/

A form of bedizen — To dress or ornament (someone or something), especially in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner.

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Meanings

nounbedizening (plural bedizenings)

plural bedizenings

  1. gerundgerund 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.

    1853 January, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “The Fête”, in Villette. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, page 255
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bedizen

Origin

From bedizen + -ing.

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APA

bedizening. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedizening

MLA

“bedizening.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedizening. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bedizening,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedizening.

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