ritz

English

Etymology

Back-formation from ritzy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪts/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Homophones: Ritz, writs

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): [ʁɪts]

• Audio (Germany):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ritz
• Homophone: Ritts

Verb

ritz

1. singular imperative of ritzen