Ritz

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  • Noun:
    ostentatious display of elegance

Word Origin

Ritz (n.)
"high quality, superiority," 1910 (Ritzian, adj., is attested by 1908), in reference to the luxurious Ritz hotels in New York, London, Paris, etc., commemorating Swiss hotelier César Ritz (1850-1918). To put on the ritz "assume an air of superiority" is recorded from 1926. A verb ritz "to behave haughtily" is recorded from 1911.

Example

1. Mr de kosar is every inch the traditional , uniformed hotel concierge with a typical old-style background in the job he joined the ritz as a pageboy straight from school .
2. Louis diat was a french chef and he worked for the ritz restaurants in paris and london before the ritz carleton opened in new york and he was sent there to run the place .
3. However , the paris ritz is on place vendme .
4. I joke , imagining the ritz trying discreetly to wheel in covered gurneys with the fresh flowers .
5. However , they also use technology to profile each guest and build a database of their likes and dislikes . What if the ritz carlton had employees that were rude , inconsiderate and nasty ?

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