Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Elegant; fancy.

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  • adjective elegant and luxurious

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  • adjective luxuriously elegant

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After the Ritz, hotels, established by César Ritz, (1850–1918), Swiss hotelier.]

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From the Ritz-Carlton Hotels +‎ -y, from Ritz hotel founder César Ritz, from southern Switzerland.

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