bedizen

In a sentence.

1. 01

   The stylist refused to bedizen the jacket with more sequins.

2. 02

   Bright ribbons bedizened every post along the parade route.

Where it came from.

Bedizen combines an intensifying be- with dizen, ‘to dress or adorn, especially showily.’ The deeper origin of dizen is uncertain.

Why it’s interesting.

It describes decoration while quietly judging that the decoration has gone too far.