glitz (redirected from glitziness)

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).

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[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.]

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glitzi·ness n.

glitzy adj.

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glitz [glɪts]

n

Slang ostentatious showiness; gaudiness or glitter

[back formation from glitzy]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

glitz - tasteless showiness                   brashness, flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, tawdriness, loudness, meretriciousness tastelessness - inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste

Translations

glitz [glɪts] N → ostentación f

glitz [ˈglɪts] n → faste m

glitz

n (inf) → Glanz m

glitz [glɪts] n (fam) → vistosità, chiassosità