Bedizen (verb)
be-dai-zun
Dress up or decorate gaudily.
Mid 17th century: from be- (as an intensifier) + obsolete dizen ‘deck out’, probably of Dutch origin.
Example sentences
“The tree, bedizened with myriad gems.”
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