单词 | glitz |
释义 | glitz (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. |
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