ritz

noun, verb — 2 senses

ritz

noun

/ɹɪts/

Etymology Back-formation from ritzy.

1

Informal A display of ostentatious elegance.

Usually preceded by the

Derived terms: put on the ritz

ritz

verb

Etymology Back-formation from ritzy.

1

Informal To behave in an ostentatiously elegant manner.

What would I do with them in the room except dream all night through of ritzing around the world with swells?1937, Collier's, volume 99, page 69:
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.”2020, Christopher Knowlton, Bubble in the Sun, page 268:

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