ritz en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɹɪts/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Back-formation from ritzy.
Meanings
- (informal, qualifier:usually preceded by the, uncountable) A display of ostentatious elegance.
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
ritz en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ɹɪts/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Back-formation from ritzy.
Meanings
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(informal) To behave in an ostentatiously elegant manner.
Fuller remembered visiting Hammond in his office. “He was dressed like a movie senator with black ribbon pince-nez. Almost ritzed me out of the office.”
2020, Christopher Knowlton, Bubble in the Sun, page 268:What would I do with them in the room except dream all night through of ritzing around the world with swells?
1937, Collier's, volume 99, page 69:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ritzed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| ritzed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| ritzes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| ritzing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |