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glitz

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glitz  (glts) Informal
n.
Ostentatious showiness; flashiness: "a garish barrage of show-biz glitz" Peter G. Davis.
tr.v. glitz·ed, 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 glzan; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
glitzi·ness n.
glitzy adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.glitz - tasteless showiness
brashness, flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, tawdriness, loudness, meretriciousness
tastelessness - inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste
Translations
Spanish glitz [glɪts] n (col) → vistosidad f
French glitz [glɪts] n (inf) → clinquant m
German glitz [glɪts] (inf) n → Glanz m
Italian glitz [glɪts] n (col) → vistosità, chiassosità
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