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glitz

English

Etymology

Back-formation from glitzy, in turn from German glitzern (“glint”). Cognate with Old Norse glitra, glita (“glitter”) and Gothic ???????????????????????????????????????? (glitmunjan, “glisten”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?l?ts/
  • Rhymes: -?ts

Noun

glitz (countable and uncountable, plural glitzes)

  1. Garish, brilliant showiness.

Related terms

  • glitzy

Translations

Cimbrian

Etymology

Noun

glitz m

  1. (Sette Comuni) lightning

Derived terms

  • glitzigan

References

  • “glitz” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

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glitzy

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??l?tsi/

Adjective

glitzy (comparative glitzier, superlative glitziest)

  1. Brilliantly showy.
    • 2013, Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems' (in The Guardian, 13 September 2013)[1]
      It must have been a while since I've attended a fancy, glitzy event, because as soon as I got to the GQ awards I felt like something was up.

Derived terms

  • glitz

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