glitz 
(glĭts) Informal
(glĭts) Informal n.
Ostentatious showiness; flashiness: "a garish barrage of show-biz glitz" (Peter G. Davis).
tr.v. glitzed, 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 glīzan; see ghel-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
glitzi·ness n.
glitzy adj.
- Indo-European root: lau-
- Indo-European root: leb-
- Indo-European root: leg-
- Indo-European root: legh-
- Indo-European root: legwh-
- Indo-European root: lei-
- Indo-European root: leid-
- Indo-European root: leig-
- Indo-European root: leigh-
- Indo-European root: leikw-
- Indo-European root: leip-
- Indo-European root: leis-
- Indo-European root: leis-
- Indo-European root: leit-
- Indo-European root: lendh-
- Indo-European root: leu-
- Indo-European root: leubh-
- Indo-European root: leudh-
- Indo-European root: leugh-
- Indo-European root: leuk-
- Indo-European root: leu(ə)-
- Indo-European root: lē-
- Indo-European root: līk-
- Indo-European root: lī̆no-
- Indo-European root: lūs-