arty
See also: Arty
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ)ti/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ti
Etymology 1
From art + -y.
Adjective
arty (comparative artier, superlative artiest)
- Inclined towards the arts.
- 2021 July 21, Cath Clarke, “Luz: The Flower of Evil review – arty Colombian horror shot through a trippy filter”, in The Guardian:
- 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.
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- (sometimes derogatory) Pretending to artistic worth; high-flown.
- 2015 August 31, quoting Quentin Tarantino, “Quentin Tarantino says Cate Blanchett's 'arty' films don't have 'shelf life'”, in The Guardian:
- “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.
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Alternative forms
- artsy
Derived terms
- arty-crafty
- arty-farty
Translations
pretending to artistic worth
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Etymology 2
From a shortening of artillery + -y.
Noun
arty (plural arties)
- (military, slang) Artillery.
- (military, slang) An artillery crew member.
Anagrams
- T-ray, Tray, tray