dizen Meaning, Definition & Usage

Diz"en transitive verb

Etymology

Perh. orig., to dress in a foolish manner, and allied to dizzy: but cf. also OE. dysyn (Palsgrave) to put tow or flax on a distaff, i. e., to dress it. Cf. Distaff.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Dizened ; present participle & verbal noun Dizening

Definitions

1. To dress; to attire. Obs. Beau. & Fl.
2. To dress gaudily; to overdress; to bedizen; to deck out.

   Like a tragedy queen, he has dizened her out. Goldsmith.

   To-morrow when the masks shall fall That dizen Nature's carnival. Emerson.