arty
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈɑː(ɹ)ti/ / /ˈɑɹti/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Latin artemder. Old French artbor. Middle English art English art Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English arty From art + -y.
- Inclined towards the arts.
“But the film is depressingly thin on the women; often it seems more interested in arranging them in arty tableaux than investigating the way that isolation has shaped their personalities and how they see the world.”
- Pretending to artistic worth; high-flown.
““Half of these Cate Blanchett movies – they’re all just like these arty things. I’m not saying they’re bad movies, but I don’t think most of them have a shelf life,” he said.”
name
Etymology: Etymology tree English Art Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English Arty From Art + -y.
- A diminutive of the male given name Arthur, from the Celtic languages.
- A diminutive of the female given name Artemis, from Greek language.
noun
Etymology: Clipping of artillery, perhaps incorporating the suffix -y forming diminutive nouns.
- Artillery.
- An artillery crew member.