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[rits]
–noun
1. ostentatious or pretentious display.
–verb (used with object)
2. Slang. to treat with condescension; snub: The star ritzed the reporters and got a bad press.
3. put on the ritz, Informal. to live in elegance and luxury, esp. to make an ostentatious show of one's wealth: They put on the ritz to impress their guests. Also, put on the Ritz.

Origin:
1925–30; after the sumptuous hotels founded by César Ritz (d. 1918), Swiss entrepreneur
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