bedizenment


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be·di·zen

(bĭ-dī′zən, -dĭz′ən)
tr.v. be·di·zened, be·di·zen·ing, be·di·zens
To ornament or dress in a showy or gaudy manner.
[be- + dizen.]
be·di′zen·ment n.
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