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snazziness

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snaz⋅zy

  [snaz-ee]
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–adjective, -zi⋅er, -zi⋅est.
extremely attractive or stylish; flashy; fancy: a snazzy dresser.
Origin:
1930–35; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
snaz⋅zi⋅ness, noun
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snaz·zy   (snāz'ē)   
adj.   snaz·zi·er, snaz·zi·est Slang
Fashionable or flashy.

[Origin unknown.]
snaz'zi·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
snazzy [ˈsnæzi] and [ˈʃnæzi]

and shnazzy
  1. mod.
    elegant; classy. : This is a snazzy place all right.
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

snazzy 
"stylish, flashy," 1932, U.S. colloquial, perhaps a blend of snappy and jazzy.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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