bedizening

From bedizen +‎ -ing.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɪˈdaɪzənɪŋ/, /bɪˈdaɪznɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɪˈdaɪzənɪŋ/, /-ˈdɪ-/
• Hyphenation: be‧diz‧en‧ing

bedizening (plural bedizenings)

1. gerund of bedizen: an act of dressing or ornamenting someone or something, especially in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner.
   • 1853 January, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “The Fête”, in Villette. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, page 255:

     The oratory closed, the dormitory became the scene of ablutions, arrayings and bedizenings curiously elaborate. To me it was, and ever must be an enigma, how they contrived to spend so much time in doing so little.

bedizening

1. present participle and gerund of bedizen