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Meaning of dizen | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
/ˈdɪzən/

Definitions

  1. To dress with flax for spinning.
    transitive
  2. To dress with clothes; attire; deck; bedizen.
    transitive
  3. To dress showily; adorn; dress out.
    UK, dialectal, transitive

Examples

“Like a tragedy queen he has dizen'd her out, / Or rather like tragedy giving a rout.”
“I tell you, these Englishwomen have either no life at all in them, or they're nothing but animal life. 'Gad, how they dizen themselves! They've no other use for their fingers. The wealth of this country's frightful!'”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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