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artistic

adjectiveadverbcommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ɑːˈtɪs.tɪk//
  • United States//ɑɹˈtɪs.tɪk//

Having or revealing creative skill.

adjective

  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    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.

  3. 3

    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.

  4. 4

    Also a form of autisticEuphemistic form of autistic.

    To track gf workouts is artistic as fuck.

    Second anon is artistic and severely regarded.

    went on a call with my friend then zoned out and then i heard her say 'are you restarted or are you artistic or are you gray?'

    Bro is artistic and he is the homie with a^([sic]) extra chromoie

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.

adverb

  1. 1

    Artistically, in an artistic style.

    'You've got to do it artistic. Here, like this.'

Forms

comparative
more artistic
superlative
most artistic
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