bedizened

bedizened
index meretricious, tawdry

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  • bedizened — adj. adorned with frills, decorated with flashy or gaudy ornaments be·diz·en || bɪ daɪzn v. decorate in a cheap showy manner; dress gaudily and in poor taste …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • Bedizen — Be*diz en, v. t. To dress or adorn tawdrily or with false taste. [1913 Webster] Remnants of tapestried hangings, . . . and shreds of pictures with which he had bedizened his tatters. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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