dizen
dizen · dizens · dizened · dizening
To dress with flax for spinningTo dress with flax for spinning.
/ˈdɪzən/
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To dress with flax for spinning.
dress up garishly and tastelessly
(transitive)To dress with clothes; attire; deck; bedizen.
(UK, dialectal, transitive)To dress showily; adorn; dress out.
Origin
From dialectal dize (“to put tow on a distaff”), from Middle English *disen, from Old EnglFrom 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”).
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Forms
dizens, dizening, dizened, dizenedSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- dress up garishly and tastelessly:bedizen
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedbedizen
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle