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Ritzy

//ˈɹɪtsi// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Elegant and luxurious.

    "His list of sexual contacts was quite long, and included ladies from some of the ritzier establishments of ill repute across the border."

Adjective
  1. 1
    luxuriously elegant wordnet

Etymology

From the Ritz Hotels of New York, London, etc (now Ritz-Carlton Hotels) + -y, from Ritz hotel founder César Ritz, from southern Switzerland. For the surname see Ritz.

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