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glitzy
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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.
glitzy [ˈglɪtsɪ]
adj glitzier, glitziest
Slang showily attractive; flashy or glittery
[originally US, probably via Yiddish from German glitzern to glitter]
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glitzy
adjective (Slang) splendid, exciting, impressive, magnificent, prestigious, plush (informal), opulent, ritzy (slang) one of the glitziest ski resorts in the world
Translations
glitzy [ˈglɪtsɪ] ADJ (glitzier (compar) (glitziest (superl))) → ostentoso
glitzy [ˈglɪtsi] adj → fastueux/euse
glitzy
adj (+er) (inf) occasion → glanzvoll, schillernd; dress → schick


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The admission has columnists in Melbourne -- which has a longstanding rivalry with glitzier Sydney -- crowing over the fact that its musicians ghosted a crucial performance by their arch-rivals.
Orchestra admits 'miming' at Sydney Olympics in 2000 by AFP / AFP Asian Edition
The admission has columnists in Melbourne -- which has a longstanding rivalry with glitzier Sydney -- crowing over the fact that its musicians ghosted a crucial performance by their arch-rivals.
Orchestra admits 'miming' at Sydney Olympics in 2000 by AFP / AFP Global Edition
If organisers of the Golden Globes had ever felt inadequate in the face of the larger, glitzier and more glamorous Oscars, they might have taken some solace from the amount of column inches devoted to the gaping hole where their ceremony ought to have been.
Press roundup: thank heaven for little ceremonies by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
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