To dress up or adorn someone or something, especially in an showy or excessive way.
From Middle Dutch disen, possibly related to Old English words for 'dress' or 'preparation,' with the sense of decorating or adorning elaborately, sometimes mockingly.
The word 'dizen' originally meant to adorn, but over time it picked up a sarcastic edge—when you dizen someone, you're often dressing them up in a way that's more ridiculously fancy than truly elegant!
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