glitziness


glitz

G0151600 (glĭts) Informal n. Ostentatious showiness; flashiness: "a garish barrage of show-biz glitz" (Peter G. Davis).tr.v. glitzed, glitz·ing, glitz·es To invest with an ostentatiously showy quality: "have started to glitz up their shows with filmed backdrops" (Bill Barol).
[Back-formation from glitzy, flashy, showy, probably from German glitzern, to glitter, from Middle High German glitzen, to shine, from Old High German glīzan; see ghel- in Indo-European roots.]
glitz′i·ness n.glitz′y adj.

glitziness

(ˈɡlɪtsɪnɪs) nthe state or quality of being glitzy