Ritzn.adj.

Brit.

/rɪts/, U.S.

/rɪts/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Ritz.

Etymology: < the name of César Ritz (1850–1918), Swiss hotelier and founder of a number of luxury hotels. With to put on the Ritz compare earlier ritz v.The Hôtel Ritz in Paris was the first of these hotels and opened in 1898; the Ritz Hotel in London opened in 1906. The name was adopted in 1927 by the Ritz-Carlton company, which opened several hotels in the United States, the first in Boston (also in 1927).

A. n.

Chiefly with the. A proprietary name for: one of a chain of luxury hotels. Frequently used allusively to denote wealth or opulence.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [noun] > hotel

hotel1687

hotel garni1744

lodgea1817

gasthof1832

temperance house1833

temperance hotel1837

railway hotel1839

palace hotel1844

parador1845

caravanserai1848

resort hotel1886

metropole1890

Ritz1900

trust house1902

apartment hotel1909

welfare hotel1915

motel1925

motor hotel1925

auto court1926

motor court1936

motor lodge1936

residential1940

botel1956

floatel1959

apartotel1965

motor inn1967

1898 N.Y. Daily Tribune 18 May 11/5 Hotel Ritz, Paris. Opens middle of May. Hotel & Restaurant, de Luxe of Paris... The Restaurant, with Reception Room and Charming Garden is the finest in Europe.]

1900 M. Abbot Woman's Paris v. 51 Ritz, at the moment, is the objective point of diners, breakfasters, ‘five o'clockers’, of the great world.

1908 R. Rankin In Morocco with Gen. D'Amade 244 The place is not exactly a Ritz.

1942 M. Dickens One Pair of Feet vii. 111 A phrase that often sprang, unvoiced, to my lips, was ‘This ain't the ruddy Ritz’.

1973 W. H. Canaway Harry doing Good i. i. 14 The outhouse..was warm and fusty..but..for fifty pence who would expect the Ritz?

2002 S. Gustafson Great Sleeps Italy (ed. 4) 119 In the world of hostels, this is the Ritz.

B. adj.

Luxurious; ostentatious; = ritzy adj. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adjective]

rankOE

peacockly?a1425

ruffling1531

garish1545

peacockish1551

peacock-like1576

ostentatious1590

fastuous?1591

flaring1593

flantitanting1596

ostentive1599

ostentative1601

showful1607

flourishable1614

flourishing1616

flaunting1624

ostentous1624

ostentatory1638

swasha1640

fanfaron1670

paradeful1748

ostensible1782

epideictic1790

fandangous1797

flashy1801

affiché1818

show-off1818

splashing1820

flaunty1825

splash-and-dash1830

pretentious1832

flash1836

splashy1836

pretenceful1841

swanky1842

peacocky1844

fantysheeny1847

splurgy1852

cheesy1858

pretensivea1868

duchessy1870

swagger1879

lavish1882

splurging1884

show-offy1890

razzmatazz1900

show-offish1903

whoop-de-do1904

Ritz1908

split-arse1917

swanking1918

ritzy1919

fantoosh1920

knock-me-down1922

showboating1936

showboat1939

hellzapoppin'1945

zazzy1961

glitzy1966

sploshy1966

zhuzhy1968

noncy1989

bling1999

1908 L. Merrick Man who understood Women 169 A dumpy, snub-nosed girl approached, swinging a Ritz bag.

1926 E. Hemingway Sun also Rises xix. 238 We drove in to Biarritz and left the car outside a very Ritz place.

1978 Vogue Feb. 8/2 Creating charming and surprisingly..country house suites with prints, quilting, Roman blinds, pretty colours, real Ritz comfort.

Phrases

U.S. colloquial. to put on the Ritz: to make a show of wealth or luxury; to behave ostentatiously or haughtily.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > pretend to superiority [verb (intransitive)]

to make it goodlyc1325

usurpc1400

to take state upon one1597

to come over ——1600

to gentilize it1607

to state it1625

to give oneself airs1701

to put on airs1715

to mount (also ride) the high horse1782

to put on (the) dog1865

to get (also have) notions1866

to put on side1870

to have a roll on1881

to put (or pile) on lugs1889

side1890

to put on the Ritz1921

1921 Chicago Tribune 26 May 15/3 The whole gang has put on the Ritz and are strutting about like a collection of pouter pigeons.

1945 L. Saxon et al. Gumbo Ya-Ya i. 11 You had to put on the ritz downtown, which some of the gals didn't like.

1980 H. Luce In Midst of Death iii. 34 We'll have to decide how long we can go on putting on the Ritz in this house. Personally, I'd much rather live in a cottage.

2007 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 5 Aug. d1/1 The supermarket chain put on the Ritz last week for 173 employees who have clocked 25 years or more with Weggies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

ritzv.

Brit.

/rɪts/, U.S.

/rɪts/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: Ritz n.

Etymology: < Ritz n. With sense 2 compare earlier to put on the Ritz at Ritz n. and adj. Phrases and ritzy adj. 1.

U.S. colloquial.

1. transitive (a) reflexive. To give oneself airs. (b) To behave haughtily towards (someone), to snub (now rare).Sense 1(a) apparently represents an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > treat haughtily or disdainfully [verb (transitive)]

condescendc1460

boya1625

patronize1820

schoolmarm1903

ritz1911

high-tone1917

upstage1921

high-hat1922

infantilize1931

the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > pretend to superiority [verb (reflexive)]

to bear up?a1425

authorize1590

exalt1611

ritz1911

1911 G. Ade in Boston Sunday Globe 10 Sept. 39/5 They went abroad and began to Ritz themselves.

1924 H. C. Witwer in Cosmopolitan Nov. 42/2 We graciously presented Bertha with permission to bring him up to dinner at our flat one night, and he Ritzed and four-flushed us all till me and Hazel had to either dash out into the great outdoors or else give this big blah a sofa pillow shower!

1939 R. Chandler Big Sleep iii. 30 You sent for me. I don't mind your ritzing me.

1941 N. Coward Austral. Visited iii. 15 The true representative American..is unpretentious... He dislikes being ‘ritz'd’ or ‘high-hatted’.

2. transitive. To make ritzy; to glamorize. Also with up.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > attract [verb (transitive)] > glamorize

glamorize1936

glamour1951

ritz1962

exoticize1969

1962 S. Strand Marketing Dict. 636 Ritzed it, in the fashion field, adding glamour to a fabric or dress so that it will have public appeal. One way would be to advertise it in a class magazine.

1978 Vogue Feb. 8/2 (heading) Ritzing the Ritz.

1995 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 3 Oct. (Good Living section) 3 Someone had hijacked the food and ritzed it up out of recognition in the name of fine dining.

2006 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 26 July e1 (headline) Ritzing Silver Lake; a posh hotel is planned in the neighborhood, which tiptoes between hip and haute.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ritz
释义	Ritzn.adj. Brit. /rɪts/, U.S. /rɪts/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Ritz. Etymology: < the name of César Ritz (1850–1918), Swiss hotelier and founder of a number of luxury hotels. With to put on the Ritz compare earlier ritz v.The Hôtel Ritz in Paris was the first of these hotels and opened in 1898; the Ritz Hotel in London opened in 1906. The name was adopted in 1927 by the Ritz-Carlton company, which opened several hotels in the United States, the first in Boston (also in 1927). A. n. Chiefly with the. A proprietary name for: one of a chain of luxury hotels. Frequently used allusively to denote wealth or opulence. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [noun] > hotel hotel1687 hotel garni1744 lodgea1817 gasthof1832 temperance house1833 temperance hotel1837 railway hotel1839 palace hotel1844 parador1845 caravanserai1848 resort hotel1886 metropole1890 Ritz1900 trust house1902 apartment hotel1909 welfare hotel1915 motel1925 motor hotel1925 auto court1926 motor court1936 motor lodge1936 residential1940 botel1956 floatel1959 apartotel1965 motor inn1967 1898 N.Y. Daily Tribune 18 May 11/5 Hotel Ritz, Paris. Opens middle of May. Hotel & Restaurant, de Luxe of Paris... The Restaurant, with Reception Room and Charming Garden is the finest in Europe.] 1900 M. Abbot Woman's Paris v. 51 Ritz, at the moment, is the objective point of diners, breakfasters, ‘five o'clockers’, of the great world. 1908 R. Rankin In Morocco with Gen. D'Amade 244 The place is not exactly a Ritz. 1942 M. Dickens One Pair of Feet vii. 111 A phrase that often sprang, unvoiced, to my lips, was ‘This ain't the ruddy Ritz’. 1973 W. H. Canaway Harry doing Good i. i. 14 The outhouse..was warm and fusty..but..for fifty pence who would expect the Ritz? 2002 S. Gustafson Great Sleeps Italy (ed. 4) 119 In the world of hostels, this is the Ritz. B. adj. Luxurious; ostentatious; = ritzy adj. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adjective] rankOE peacockly?a1425 ruffling1531 garish1545 peacockish1551 peacock-like1576 ostentatious1590 fastuous?1591 flaring1593 flantitanting1596 ostentive1599 ostentative1601 showful1607 flourishable1614 flourishing1616 flaunting1624 ostentous1624 ostentatory1638 swasha1640 fanfaron1670 paradeful1748 ostensible1782 epideictic1790 fandangous1797 flashy1801 affiché1818 show-off1818 splashing1820 flaunty1825 splash-and-dash1830 pretentious1832 flash1836 splashy1836 pretenceful1841 swanky1842 peacocky1844 fantysheeny1847 splurgy1852 cheesy1858 pretensivea1868 duchessy1870 swagger1879 lavish1882 splurging1884 show-offy1890 razzmatazz1900 show-offish1903 whoop-de-do1904 Ritz1908 split-arse1917 swanking1918 ritzy1919 fantoosh1920 knock-me-down1922 showboating1936 showboat1939 hellzapoppin'1945 zazzy1961 glitzy1966 sploshy1966 zhuzhy1968 noncy1989 bling1999 1908 L. Merrick Man who understood Women 169 A dumpy, snub-nosed girl approached, swinging a Ritz bag. 1926 E. Hemingway Sun also Rises xix. 238 We drove in to Biarritz and left the car outside a very Ritz place. 1978 Vogue Feb. 8/2 Creating charming and surprisingly..country house suites with prints, quilting, Roman blinds, pretty colours, real Ritz comfort. Phrases U.S. colloquial. to put on the Ritz: to make a show of wealth or luxury; to behave ostentatiously or haughtily. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > pretend to superiority [verb (intransitive)] to make it goodlyc1325 usurpc1400 to take state upon one1597 to come over ——1600 to gentilize it1607 to state it1625 to give oneself airs1701 to put on airs1715 to mount (also ride) the high horse1782 to put on (the) dog1865 to get (also have) notions1866 to put on side1870 to have a roll on1881 to put (or pile) on lugs1889 side1890 to put on the Ritz1921 1921 Chicago Tribune 26 May 15/3 The whole gang has put on the Ritz and are strutting about like a collection of pouter pigeons. 1945 L. Saxon et al. Gumbo Ya-Ya i. 11 You had to put on the ritz downtown, which some of the gals didn't like. 1980 H. Luce In Midst of Death iii. 34 We'll have to decide how long we can go on putting on the Ritz in this house. Personally, I'd much rather live in a cottage. 2007 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 5 Aug. d1/1 The supermarket chain put on the Ritz last week for 173 employees who have clocked 25 years or more with Weggies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ritzv. Brit. /rɪts/, U.S. /rɪts/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: Ritz n. Etymology: < Ritz n. With sense 2 compare earlier to put on the Ritz at Ritz n. and adj. Phrases and ritzy adj. 1. U.S. colloquial. 1. transitive (a) reflexive. To give oneself airs. (b) To behave haughtily towards (someone), to snub (now rare).Sense 1(a) apparently represents an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > treat haughtily or disdainfully [verb (transitive)] condescendc1460 boya1625 patronize1820 schoolmarm1903 ritz1911 high-tone1917 upstage1921 high-hat1922 infantilize1931 the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > pretend to superiority [verb (reflexive)] to bear up?a1425 authorize1590 exalt1611 ritz1911 1911 G. Ade in Boston Sunday Globe 10 Sept. 39/5 They went abroad and began to Ritz themselves. 1924 H. C. Witwer in Cosmopolitan Nov. 42/2 We graciously presented Bertha with permission to bring him up to dinner at our flat one night, and he Ritzed and four-flushed us all till me and Hazel had to either dash out into the great outdoors or else give this big blah a sofa pillow shower! 1939 R. Chandler Big Sleep iii. 30 You sent for me. I don't mind your ritzing me. 1941 N. Coward Austral. Visited iii. 15 The true representative American..is unpretentious... He dislikes being ‘ritz'd’ or ‘high-hatted’. 2. transitive. To make ritzy; to glamorize. Also with up. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > attract [verb (transitive)] > glamorize glamorize1936 glamour1951 ritz1962 exoticize1969 1962 S. Strand Marketing Dict. 636 Ritzed it, in the fashion field, adding glamour to a fabric or dress so that it will have public appeal. One way would be to advertise it in a class magazine. 1978 Vogue Feb. 8/2 (heading) Ritzing the Ritz. 1995 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 3 Oct. (Good Living section) 3 Someone had hijacked the food and ritzed it up out of recognition in the name of fine dining. 2006 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 26 July e1 (headline) Ritzing Silver Lake; a posh hotel is planned in the neighborhood, which tiptoes between hip and haute. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1900v.1911
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