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Date "BEDIZENED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1670. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang in 1811 | BEDIZENED. Dressed out, over-dressed, or awkwardly ornamented. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Vulgarity | Gaudy, tawdry, overornamented, baroque, rococo; bedizened, tricked out, gingerbread; obtrusive. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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"BEDIZENED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bendizened, bidizened. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-d-e-e-e-i-n-z" | |
-2 letters: bedizen, dizened. | |
-3 letters: bended, bendee, bidden, denied, indeed, needed. | |
-4 letters: bided, diene, dined, dizen, ended, nided, zineb. | |
-5 letters: been, bend, bene, bide, bind, bine, bize, deed, dene, deni, died, dine, eide, need, nide, zein. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 45 44 49 5A 45 4E 45 44 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . -.. .. --.. . -. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000101 01000100 01001001 01011010 01000101 01001110 01000101 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B E D I Z E N E D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0045 0044 0049 005A 0045 004E 0045 0044 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)363938436039483938 |
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