ritzy

ritzy

Exceptionally and ostentatiously indicative of wealth, luxury, or elegance. We stayed in a real ritzy hotel overlooking the beach for our honeymoon. I love getting dressed up in ritzy clothes for a special occasion.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

ritzy

(ˈrɪtsi)
mod. elegant; flamboyant. That is a real ritzy car.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • snitzy
  • a whale of a
  • to the manner/manor born
  • high off the hog
  • high on the hog
  • lower (one's) sights
  • lower one's sights
  • lower sights
  • tinhorn gambler
  • Mrs. Astor's plush horse
References in periodicals archive
Fiona Brown: Absolutely |loved The Ritzy, 1993-1994.
Ritzy, a pupil at Teesside Prep School in Eaglescliffe, was to spend a week in Scotland, filming the programme, described as a mixture of Lord of the Rings and Crystal Maze.
The Joy Formidable's songs for Aruthrol are sung in Welsh, Rhydian's first language and Ritzy's second.
Ritzy was constantly bouncing around the stage, in a near-constant state of perpetual motion.
The company has added the Itzy Ritzy line to its popular Baby Gifts Catalog.
Far from being the moaning pop star, Ritzy Bryan appreciates both sides of the coin.
Why we love it Forget the ritzy resorts and overpriced continental breakfasts.
I ONCE saw Mariah Carey at a ritzy dinner, holding a tiny portable fan up to her face.
Sara Cox asked Mark if he remembered the first time he had that exciting feeling that they'd hit the big time and he said at The Ritzy in Huddersfield ...
As Bunn makes plans for the 2006 National Book Club Conference--to be held, as it is every year, at the plush Intercontinental Hotel in Atlanta's ritzy Buckhead section, August 4 through 6--he is faced with a dilemma that a less-earnest organizer probably wouldn't consider much of a dilemma at all.
"The more ritzy the establishment is trying to be," he concluded, "the colder the air conditioning is kept"--even if it discourages the casual shopper in T-shirt and shorts.
The reason becomes clear when Fred and Ginger leave behind their butlers and ritzy hotels, as they do in Swing Time and Follow the Fleet (1936), to take up residence in a more mundane milieu.
An article that ran with the list focused on the fact that Mississauga outranked Toronto and explored the question of the out-migration of many businesses from the ritzy high-cost downtown of Toronto to outlying areas where amenities, services and a sizable market are without the pricey tax bill in tow.
The town of Ketchum looks a lot like Hailey, but more on the ritzy side of things.
Because Vinas' vehicles allow greater flexibility, he and his partners also carry loads of otherwise shut-in dogs to sprawling parks in the ritzy Palermo neighborhood.