ritz

ritz
/rits/, n.
1. ostentatious or pretentious display.
2. put on the ritz, Informal. to live in elegance and luxury, esp. to make an ostentatious show of one's wealth: They put on the ritz to impress their guests. Also, put on the Ritz.
v.t.
3. Slang. to treat with condescension; snub: The star ritzed the reporters and got a bad press.
[1925-30; after the sumptuous hotels founded by César Ritz (d. 1918), Swiss entrepreneur]

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