glitz

[glits]

noun

1. ostentatious glitter or sophistication.

   a cocktail lounge noted for its glitz.

verb (used with object)

1. to add a showy sophistication to (often followed byup ).

   They glitzed up the lobby with a couple of fountains and a birdcage.

glitz

/ ɡlɪts /

noun

1. slang,  ostentatious showiness; gaudiness or glitter

Word History and Origins

Origin of glitz¹

First recorded in 1975–80; back formation from glitzy

Word History and Origins

Origin of glitz¹

C20: back formation from _glitzy

Example Sentences

"Filmmakers have been progressively lured by tax incentives that come from shooting movies in other parts of the world, and the Los Angeles film industry has lost its glitz and glamour."

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Viewed from Orange County, L.A. is the flagship of the fleet of the absurd, the dreamland of pitchmen and grifters, the progenitor of wicked Hollywood glitz and drive-by shootings.

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If we’re all going to be forced to live the life of this showgirl forever, delivering a bit of that promised glitz outside of a football podcast would be a good place to start.

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So in football terms they are an afterthought, an also-ran, but off the field they are a behemoth of marketing, revenue, glitz, glamour and headlines - even their cheerleaders have their own long-running reality TV show.

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“That was all I thought L.A. was. I thought it was all very Hollywood, glitz and glamour, so I never wanted to come out here to live.”

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Related Words

• glamour