Bedecked
/bɪˈdɛkt/noun
Adorned or decorated, often in an elaborate or showy way.
Did you know?The core of bedecked is the same ancient root behind modern words like deck and deck out, which originally meant to cover something over—later turning into the language of ornament and display.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*teks-
“to weave, fabricate, construct”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*þaką
“a covering, roof, thatch”
Old English
OE
þæc
“a roof or covering, thatch”
Middle Dutch
MDu
decken
“to cover, thatch, deck”
Middle English
ME
bedecken
“to cover over, conceal, adorn”
Modern English
English
bedecked
“decorated or ornamented”