dizen — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To dress with flax for spinning.

   Usage

   • Transitive

2. To dress with clothes; attire; deck; bedizen.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   Like a tragedy queen he has dizen'd her out, / Or rather like tragedy giving a rout.

3. To dress showily; adorn; dress out.

   Usage

   • UK usage
   • dialectal
   • Transitive

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   I tell you, these Englishwomen have either no life at all in them, or they're nothing but animal life. 'Gad, how they dizen themselves! They've no other use for their fingers. The wealth of this country's frightful!'

Verb

1. dress up garishly and tastelessly

   Synonyms

   bedizen

   Broader terms

   overdressdress upfig outfig updeck upgussy upfancy uptrick updeck outtrick outprinkattireget uprig outtog uptog out