dizen

Meanings

Verb

dress up garishly and tastelessly
To dress with flax for spinning.
To dress with clothes; attire; deck; bedizen.
To dress showily; adorn; dress out.

Origin / Etymology

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 Saterland Frisian Diezene (“bundle of flax, distaff”), Middle Low German dise, disene (“distaff”).

Synonyms

bedizen

Scrabble Score: 15

dizen is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
dizen is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 16

dizen is a valid Words With Friends word