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ritz
[ rits ]
noun
- ostentatious or pretentious display.
verb (used with object)
- Slang. to treat with condescension; snub:
The star ritzed the reporters and got bad press as a result.
ritz
/ rɪts /
noun
- put on the ritzto assume a superior air or make an ostentatious display
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ritz1
First recorded in 1925–30; after the Ritz hotels founded by César Ritz (died 1918), Swiss entrepreneur
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ritz1
from the luxury hotels created by the Swiss hotelier César Ritz (1850–1918)
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Idioms and Phrases
Idioms
- put on the ritz, Informal. to live in elegance and luxury, especially to make an ostentatious show of one's wealth: Also put on the Ritz.
They put on the ritz to impress their guests.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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