Dizen Definition
dīzən, dĭzən
dizen
verb
To deck out in fine clothes and ornaments; bedizen.
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Webster's New World
(UK dialectal) To dress showily; adorn; dress out.
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Origin of Dizen
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From dialectal dize (“to put tow on a distaff”), from Middle English *disen, from Old English *disan, *disian, from *dise, *disen (“bunch of flax on a distaff”), from Proto-Germanic *disanō (“distaff”), of unknown origin, equivalent to dize + -en. Cognate with Middle Low German dise, disene (“distaff”). More at dize.
From Wiktionary
Possibly Middle Dutch disen to prepare a distaff with flax for spinning from Middle Low German dise, disene bunch of flax
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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