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arty¹

  • /ˈɑː(ɹ)ti/

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)ti

adjective artier · artiest · artsie · artsy

  1. 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.
  2. derogatory, sometimes 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.

arty²

  • /ˈɑː(ɹ)ti/

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)ti

Where it comes from

Clipping of artillery, perhaps incorporating the suffix -y forming diminutive nouns.

noun arties

  1. slang Artillery.
  2. slang An artillery crew member.

Arty³

  • /ˈɑɹti/ US

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)ti

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Arthur, from the Celtic languages.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Artemis, from Greek language.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: pretentious, artistic, artistically, arts, bohemian, chichi, showy, ostentatious, conceited, stuck-up, overdressed, cocky, tinhorn, thoughtless, artsome, artgoing

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adj pretending to artistic worth

Españolpretenciosamente artístico
Русскийбогемный bogemnyj

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@misc{arty_2026,
  title = {arty},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arty},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}