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ritz

(rɪts)

put on the ritz to assume a superior air or make an ostentatious display

[from the luxury hotels created by the Swiss hotelier César Ritz (1850–1918)]

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Noun	1.	Ritz - Swiss hotelier who created a chain of elegant hotels (1850-1918) Cesar Ritz
	2.	ritz - ostentatious display of elegance; "they put on the ritz" fanfare, ostentation, flash - a gaudy outward display
	3.	Ritz - an ostentatiously elegant hotel hotel - a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

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Swiss hotelier Cesar Ritz, known as the king of hoteliers and hotelier to kings, founded the Hotel Ritz in Paris and Ritz Hotel in London in the late 1800s.