Ritz
pronunciation
How to pronounce Ritz in British English: UK
How to pronounce Ritz in American English: US
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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 ?