Bedizened
/bɪˈdaɪz(ə)nd/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of bedizen form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Dressed or ornamented in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner; ostentatious. literary
"There was much whispering and plotting after she had gone in, a conference with some of the boys, and a handing over of bedizened pencils and chews of gum for value received."
Example
More examples"As usual, she was extraordinarily festooned and bedizened, with a limp Leghorn hat anchored to her head by many windings of faded gauze, and a little black velvet parasol on a carved ivory handle absurdly balanced over her much larger hatbrim."
Etymology
From bedizen + -ed.