artistic

adjective

creative or visually pleasing

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɑːˈtɪs.tɪk/ / /ɑɹˈtɪs.tɪk/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -ista Late Latin artistader. French artiste Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French artistiquebor. English artistic Borrowed from French artistique, from artiste + -ique. By surface analysis, artist + -ic.

Having or revealing creative skill.
“He [Abraham Lincoln] leaves for America’s history and biography, so far, not only its most dramatic reminiscence—he leaves, in my opinion, the greatest, best, most characteristic, artistic, moral personality.”
Relating to or characteristic of art or artists.
“Art should be independent of all clap-trap—should stand alone, and appeal to the artistic sense of eye or ear, without confounding this with emotions entirely foreign to it, as devotion, pity, love, patriotism, and the like.”
Aesthetically pleasing.
“To be artistic, that is, to excite the feeling of beauty effectually, the notes must not be all forte or all piano ; and the execution is the finer the more numerous the gradations—supposing these are such as to satisfy other requirements.”
Euphemistic form of autistic.
“To track gf workouts is artistic as fuck.”
“Second anon is artistic and severely regarded.”

adv

Artistically, in an artistic style.
“'You've got to do it artistic. Here, like this.'”