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glitz⋅y

  [glit-see]
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–adjective, glitz⋅i⋅er, glitz⋅i⋅est. Slang.
pretentiously or tastelessly showy: a glitzy gown.
Origin:
1965–70; see glitz, -y 1

Related forms:
glitz⋅i⋅ness, noun
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glitz   (glĭts)   
n.  Ostentatious showiness; flashiness: "a garish barrage of show-biz glitz" (Peter G. Davis).
tr.v.   glitz·ed, glitz·ing, glitz·es
To invest with an ostentatiously showy quality: "have started to glitz up their shows with filmed backdrops" (Bill Barol).

[Back-formation from glitzy, flashy, showy, probably from German glitzern, to glitter, from Middle High German glitzen, to shine, from Old High German glīzan; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
glitz'i·ness n., glitz'y adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
glitzy [ˈglɪtsi]

  1. mod.
    fashionable; glamorous. : Some glitzy blonde sang a couple of songs, and then the band played again.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

glitzy 
1966, from Yiddish glitz "glitter," from Ger. glitzern "sparkle" (see glitter). Noun form glitz is mid-1970s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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