DIZEN


Meaning of DIZEN in English

I. di·zen ˈdīz ə n, ˈdiz- transitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: from earlier disen to dress a distaff with flax, from (assumed) Middle English, from Middle Dutch, from or akin to Middle Low German dise bunch of flax on a distaff

archaic : to dress gaudily or with finery : bedizen

'tis the vulgar great who come dizened with gold and jewels — R.W.Emerson

II. diz·en

or diz·zen ˈdiz ə n

Scotland

variant of dozen

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