different between ritz vs ritzy

English

Etymology

Back-formation from ritzy.

Noun

ritz (uncountable)

1. (informal, usually preceded by the) A display of ostentatious elegance.

Derived terms

• put on the ritz

Verb

ritz (third-person singular simple present ritzes, present participle ritzing, simple past and past participle ritzed)

1. (informal) To behave in an ostentatiously elegant manner.
   • 1937, Collier's (volume 99, page 69)

     What would I do with them in the room except dream all night through of ritzing around the world with swells?

   • 2020, Christopher Knowlton, Bubble in the Sun (page 268)

     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.”

See also

• Puttin' on the Ritz on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??ts]
• Hyphenation: ritz
• Homophone: Ritts

Verb

ritz

1. singular imperative of ritzen

English

Etymology

From the Ritz Hotels of New York, London, etc (now Ritz-Carlton Hotels) +? -y, from Ritz hotel founder César Ritz, from southern Switzerland.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.t?si/

Adjective

ritzy (comparative ritzier, superlative ritziest)

1. Elegant and luxurious.
   • 1997, Aileen Schumacher, Engineering for Murder, page 69

     His list of sexual contacts was quite long, and included ladies from some of the ritzier establishments of ill repute across the border.

Related terms

• ritz
• put on the Ritz
• Ritzian

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