English Explanatory Dictionary

artistic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having or revealing creative skill.
  2. Relating to or characteristic of art or artists.
  3. Aesthetically pleasing.
  4. Euphemistic form of autistic.
adv
  1. Artistically, in an artistic style.

Pronunciation

/ɑːˈtɪs.tɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-artistic.wav /ɑɹˈtɪs.tɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-artistic.wav /ˈɑ(r).ʈɪs.ʈɪk/

Word forms

artistic more artistic most artistic

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)der. 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.

Synonyms

artist acoustic

Antonyms

inartistic

Derived words

antiartistic artistic gymnastics artistic licence artistic license artisticness artistic swimming artistic temperament artlang heartistic interartistic musicoartistic nonartistic preartistic unartistic
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