单词 | glitz |
释义 | > as lemmasglitz glitz n. [as a back-formation] an extravagant but superficial display; showiness, ostentation, esp. show-business glamour or sparkle. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > (an) ostentatious display pompc1330 vaunterya1492 pomping pridec1503 braga1513 flaunt-a-flaunt1576 plume1580 affecting1584 top and topgallant1593 ruffle1609 parado1621 riota1649 flutter1667 show1713 sprunk1746 to make a splash1804 show-off1811 paraffle1816 shine1819 splurge1828 gaud1831 spludge1831 poppy-show1860 razzle1885 razzmatazz1917 foofaraw1933 showbiz1970 glitz1977 1977 New Republic 19 Feb. 21/2 Stoppard's plays have been marked by undergraduate cleverness and glitz and ultimate sterility. 1977 Time 4 July 52/2 Her style is often derivative of Tom Wolfe and Joan Didion, but Babitz has the one indispensable quality for her kind of work: true glitz. 1983 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Feb. 200/1 One American reviewer swooned over Mistral's Daughter, Judith Krantz's latest bundle of glitz. 1985 Toronto Life Sept. 41/3 There was too much Third-World esoterica and not enough Hollywood glitz. < as lemmas |
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