Associations to the word «Ritz»

Wiktionary

RITZ, noun. (informal) (usually preceded by the) A display of ostentatious elegance.

Dictionary definition

RITZ, noun. Swiss hotelier who created a chain of elegant hotels (1850-1918).
RITZ, noun. Ostentatious display of elegance; "they put on the ritz".
RITZ, noun. An ostentatiously elegant hotel.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley