glitz

Back-formation from glitzy, in turn from German glitzern (“glint”). Cognate with Old Norse glitra, glita (“glitter”) and Gothic 𐌲𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (glitmunjan, “glisten”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɪts/

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• Rhymes: -ɪts

glitz (countable and uncountable, plural glitzes)

1. Garish, brilliant showiness.

   The glitz of the award ceremony was obvious.

   • 2012 October 13, “Very good, sir”, in The Economist‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 January 2025:

     […] the newly rich hanker after old aristocratic glitz.

• glitzy

glitz (third-person singular simple present glitzes, present participle glitzing, simple past and past participle glitzed)

1. To make glitzy.

   Synonym: glitz up

glitz m

1. (Sette Comuni) lightning

• glitzigan

• “glitz” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo