adj
ritzy
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adj
1
Expensively fashionable and luxurious, often to a showy degree.
"They stayed at a ritzy resort overlooking the bay."
"It was too ritzy a restaurant for jeans and trainers."
How to Use Ritzy
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishFancy and expensive-looking, sometimes with a hint of "showing off."
Easily confused with
glitzy
Common pairings
ritzy hotel
ritzy neighbourhood
Word Forms
ritzier comparative, ritziest superlative
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Etymology
Named after the Ritz Hotels founded by César Ritz, with the "-y" adjective ending added; compare "glitzy," coined the same way.