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ritz⋅y

  [rit-see]
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–adjective, ritz⋅i⋅er, ritz⋅i⋅est. Slang.
swanky; elegant; posh: a ritzy neighborhood; a ritzy hotel.
Origin:
1915–20, Americanism; see ritz, -y 1

Related forms:
ritz⋅i⋅ly, adverb
ritz⋅i⋅ness, noun
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ritz·y   (rĭt'sē)   
adj.   ritz·i·er, ritz·i·est Informal
Elegant; fancy.

[After the Ritz hotels, established by César Ritz (1850-1918), Swiss hotelier.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
ritzy [ˈrɪtsi]

  1. mod.
    elegant; flamboyant. : That is a real ritzy car.
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

ritzy 
1920, in ref. to the luxurious Ritz hotels in N.Y., London, Paris, etc., commemorating Swiss hotelier César Ritz (1850-1918). Ritz (n.), as in put on the ritz "assume an air of superiority" is recorded from 1926.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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