Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bedizened

/bɪˈdaɪzənd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-diz-en-ed
IPA: /bɪˈdaɪzənd/

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Dressed or ornamented in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner; ostentatious.

Literary

verb

simple past and past participle of bedizen

Example Sentences

"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."
"She wore only the subtlest touch of make up and round her delicate throat only a single string of pearls. Among the hundred bedizened women she was a rarity."

Etymology

Etymology tree English bedizen Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English bedizened From bedizen + -ed.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /bɪˈdaɪzənd/
British English: /bɪˈdaɪz(ə)nd/

Usage

Literary

Inflected Forms

more bedizened (comparative) most bedizened (superlative) bedisened (alternative)

Derived Forms

unbedizened

Synonyms

gaudy

Rhymes With

wizened prisoned

Questions

How do you pronounce bedizened?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɪˈdaɪzənd/.
What does bedizened mean?: Dressed or ornamented in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner; ostentatious.
Where does bedizened come from?: Etymology tree English bedizen Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English bedizened From bedizen + -ed.

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