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ritzy - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
adjective
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adjective elegant and luxurious
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After the Ritz , hotels, established by César Ritz , (1850–1918), Swiss hotelier.]
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From the Ritz-Carlton Hotels + -y , from Ritz hotel founder César Ritz, from southern Switzerland.
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On a Saturday night, Rivielle invited 25 girls to her home in ritzy Garden City, N.Y., for chocolate fondue, manicures, facials and massages.
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The information about the five members of the family heading for the "ritzy " - resort was the Chronicle's lead paragraph and the news about the Yellowstone Club affording an opportunity for the very rich to ski was the third paragraph in the story.
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The scientist’s paternal great-grandfather was a hotelkeeper in ritzy Lake Geneva, WI and married a banker’s daughter.
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The scientist’s paternal great-grandfather was a hotelkeeper in ritzy Lake Geneva, WI and married a banker’s daughter.
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His Jewishness is long marinated in Schubert impromptus and described as intellectually "ritzy ".
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According to a story by Jill Rosen of the Baltimore Sun, residents of the "ritzy " Scarlett Place condominium near the city's Inner Harbor have lately become outraged by dog feces found in the elevators, hallways and other common areas.
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I live in the "ritzy " neighborhood that surrounds the Barnes.
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However, this "ritzy " apartment looked suspiciously like a normal apartment.
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This was what we had originally considered the "ritzy " complex because they had a waterfall on their pool.
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But just as the $5 price tag at Starbucks includes amore than just coffee, the per student spending figures at all levels of education contain a lot of other spending, such as ritzy dorms, unnecessary staff, $13,000
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