Bedizenry
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /bɪˈdaɪzənɹɪ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bedizenry is a noun meaning Showy or gaudy decorations or finery.
Meaning
Showy or gaudy decorations or finery.
Example Sentences
A Sikh will travel any distance to join a barat, walking briskly through the glittering scorch of the indescribable Punjaubi sunshine, clad in all the weight and bedizenry of his best raiment […]
“I have heard that in Rome and Ravenna the churches are crammed so full with gold ornaments and jeweled gewgaws that they lack space for aught else. Be assured that never a penny from the Royal Exchequer of Lyonesse will be spent on such bedizenry.”
1847, Henry Howe, Historical Collections of Virginia, Charleston: W.R. Babcock, “Fairfax,” p. 259, Money made in the stocks can purchase the bedizenry of our city drawing-rooms; but these elevating associations, which no gold can buy, no popular favor win, which can only be inherited, these are the heir-looms, the traditionary titles and pensions, inalienable, not conferred, which a republic allows to the descendants of her great servants.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include peacockery, gaudery, bling, glitz, deediness, overdecoration.
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