To dress or adorn in a showy, gaudy, or excessively ornate way.
From 'be-' (a causative prefix) + 'dizen' (from Low German 'disen,' meaning to adorn or dress). The word emerged in the 17th century to describe overdressing or excessive embellishment.
While 'bedeck' means to decorate nicely, 'bedizen' carries a judgmental tone—it specifically means to dress gaudily or with bad taste, making it a sneaky insult wrapped in an old-fashioned word!
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