glitz
pronunciation
How to pronounce glitz in British English:
UK [glɪts]
How to pronounce glitz in American English:
US [ɡlɪts]
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- Noun:
- tasteless showiness
Word Origin
- glitz
- glitz: [20] Glitz, a sort of ‘shallow but exciting and fashionable sparkle and showiness’, is a backformation from glitzy, an American slang term fashionable in the early 1980s. This in turn was derived from Yiddish glitz ‘glitter’, which came from German glitzern ‘sparkle’ (a relative of English glitter). Its fortuitous resemblance to a blend of glamour and Ritz contributes to its expressiveness.=> glitter
- glitz (n.)
- "showiness without substance," 1977, a back-formation from glitzy.
Example
- 1. For all shanghai 's glamour and glitz , beijing also offers a broader cultural life .
- 2. The ingredients of the story include wealth , glitz , glamour , suicide , substance abuse and a multi-million-euro inheritance row .
- 3. Despite what you see in the media , financial success generally doesn 't come with a lot of glitz .
- 4. Even though it may mean simplifying and eliminating some of the glitz and glitter , what remains is attractive and useful and wonderful !
- 5. As london recovers from the glamour and glitz of its 25th annual fashion week , the haute couture caravan moves on from milan to paris .