ritzy
adj/ˈɹɪtsi/
Etymology From the Ritz Hotels of New York, London, etc (now Ritz-Carlton Hotels) + -y, from Ritz hotel founder César Ritz, from southern Switzerland. For the surname see Ritz. Compare English glitzy.
1
Elegant and luxurious.
- His list of sexual contacts was quite long, and included ladies from some of the ritzier establishments of ill repute across the border.1997, Aileen Schumacher, Engineering for Murder, page 69:
- Derived terms
- ritzily, ritziness, ritzy-glitzy, unritzy
- Related terms
- ritz, put on the ritz, Ritzian