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glitz

[ glits ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

ostentatious glitter or sophistication:
a cocktail lounge noted for its glitz.

to add a showy sophistication to (often followed by up ):
They glitzed up the lobby with a couple of fountains and a birdcage.

glitz

/ ɡlɪts /

Origin of glitz¹

First recorded in 1975–80; back formation from glitzy

Origin of glitz¹

C20: back formation from glitzy

Cars have national attributes and GM wants their luxury line to grab the glitz of New York instead of the grime of Detroit.

The paperback rights for Glitz, after it made the list, went for $500,000.

The pair met in 2001 and embarked on a romance of glitz and glamour that lasted over a decade.

Along with the glitz and the glamour of the era, Hamilton also recorded its troubling events.

Mother Antonia Brenner, a twice-divorced socialite, renounced Hollywood glitz to live as a nun in a Mexican prison.

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