dizenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From dialectal dize (“to put tow on a distaff”), from Middle English *disen, from 古期英語 *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 Middle Low German dise, disene (“distaff”). More at dize.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪzən/

動詞

dizen (三人称単数 現在形 dizens, 現在分詞 dizening, 過去形および過去分詞形 dizened)

1. (transitive) To dress with flax for spinning.
2. (transitive) To dress with clothes; attire; deck; bedizen.
   • 1774, Oliver Goldsmith, “Retaliation”, in The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith‎^[1], published 1906:

     Like a tragedy queen he has dizen'd her out, / Or rather like tragedy giving a rout.

3. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To dress showily; adorn; dress out.
   • 1871, George Meredith, chapter XXXIX, in The Adventures of Harry Richmond‎^[2]:

     I tell you, these Englishwomen have either no life at all in them, or they're nothing but animal life. 'Gad, how they dizen themselves! They've no other use for their fingers. The wealth of this country's frightful!'