dizen

/ˈdɪzən/

dizen means to dress with flax for spinning.

dizen is pronounced /ˈdɪzən/.

Etymology

From 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”).

verb

To dress with flax for spinning.
To dress with clothes; attire; deck; bedizen.e.g.“Like a tragedy queen he has dizen'd her out, / Or rather like tragedy giving a rout.” — 1774, Oliver Goldsmith, “Retaliation”, in The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, published 1906:
To dress showily; adorn; dress out.

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Words closest in meaning

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dize 89% match — To dress with flax for spinning, as a distaff; dizen. vs dizen →
desize 58% match — To remove sizing material from (a fabric). vs dizen →
dazen 57% match — To make or become dazed vs dizen →
bedizenment 57% match — Something which bedizens. vs dizen →
diz 57% match — A tool, often a flat circle, with one or more holes for passing wool through to form roving of a specified thickness. vs dizen →
dandyize 56% match — To make, or to act, like a dandy; to dandify. vs dizen →
bedizen 54% match — To dress or ornament (someone or something), especially in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner. vs dizen →
dandify 54% match — To dress as, make into, or to adopt the style of, a dandy. vs dizen →