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glitz
(glĭts) Informaln.
Ostentatious showiness; flashiness: "a garish barrage of show-biz glitz" (Peter G. Davis).
tr.v. glitzed, glitz·ing, glitz·es
To invest with an ostentatiously showy quality: "have started to glitz up their shows with filmed backdrops" (Bill Barol).
[Back-formation from glitzy, flashy, showy, probably from German glitzern, to glitter, from Middle High German glitzen, to shine, from Old High German glīzan; see ghel- in Indo-European roots.]
glitz′i·ness n.
glitz′y adj.
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glitz
(ɡlɪts)n
ostentatious showiness; gaudiness or glitter
[C20: back formation from glitzy]
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glitz
(glɪts)n.
ostentatious glitter or glamour.
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glitz
nounInformal. Brilliant, showy splendor:
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glitz
n (inf) → Glanz m
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