ritz
nounverbattested in dialogue
- //ɹɪts//
A display of ostentatious elegance.
noun
- 1
informalA display of ostentatious elegance.
Etymology
Back-formation from ritzy.
verb
- 1
informalTo behave in an ostentatiously elegant manner.
What would I do with them in the room except dream all night through of ritzing around the world with swells?
Fuller remembered visiting Hammond in his office. “He was dressed like a movie senator with black ribbon pince-nez. Almost ritzed me out of the office.”
Forms
- past tense
- ritzed
- past participle
- ritzed
- present participle
- ritzing
- third person singular
- ritzes
Ritchie · A diminutive of the male given name Richard, also used as a…rite · A religious custom.ritual · Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.
ritz · A display of ostentatious elegance.
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