bedizenment

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Her hair has the bedizenment of beads and feathers, which were worn by young girls for as many years as their mothers wore the same.

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Earle, Alice Morse

Last but not least Leonora had accomplished the bedizenment of the "ladies."

From The Storm Centre by Murfree, Mary Noailles

The night foreman of the station, a person of bedizenment and pride, stared at them as they alighted at Chelmsford and glanced around like strangers.

From Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man by Lewis, Sinclair

Not white sunlight: something operatic; a kind of rosepink, artificial bedizenment.

From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas

Not white sunlight: something operatic; a kind of rose-pink, artificial bedizenment.

From On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas