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artistic

See also: artístic

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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 *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō
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 *-kos
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.

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    artistic (comparative more artistic, superlative most artistic)

    1. Having or revealing creative skill.
      • 1865 April 16, Walt Whitman, “Death of President Lincoln”, in Specimen Days, Philadelphia: Rees Welsh & Co., published 1882–83, page 68:
        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. Relating to or characteristic of art or artists.
      • 1890, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, “The Picture Defended”, in Sheridan Ford, editor, The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, New York: Frederick Stokes & Brother, pages 69–70:
        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. Aesthetically pleasing.
      • 1855, Herbert Spencer, “Æsthetic Sentiments”, in The Principles of Psychology, volume II, New York: D. Appleton and Company, published 1877, page 640:
        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.
    5. (Internet slang, offensive) Euphemistic form of autistic.
      Synonym: acoustic (see usage notes there)
      Coordinate term: regarded
      • 2021 January 5, u/sorgan71, “Anon is nervous”, in Reddit‎[1], r/4chan, archived from the original on 9 January 2024:
        To track gf workouts is artistic as fuck.
      • 2023 July 9, u/ThePootisSaver, “Femanon(?) Hates Men”, in Reddit‎[2], r/greentext, archived from the original on 9 January 2024:
        Second anon is artistic and severely regarded.
      • 2023 November 10, @GUlTARDUO, Twitter‎[3], archived from the original on 9 January 2024:
        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?'
      • 2023 December 21, u/fatnugget0, “PICTURE! PICTURE! SMILE FOR THE PICTURE! POSE WITH YOUR BROTHER WONT YOU BE A GOOD SISTER! EVERYONE THINKS THAT WE'RE PERFECT! PLEASE DON'T LET THEM LOOK THROUGH THE CURTAINS~”, in Reddit‎[4], r/teenagers, archived from the original on 9 January 2024:
        Bro is artistic and he is the homie with a[sic] extra chromoie
      • 2024 January 2, u/Power_of_Atturdy, “Why did he run up the middle where the entire team would be? Is he acoustic?”, in Reddit‎[5], r/nflcirclejerk, archived from the original on 9 January 2024:
        Why would you show a play from college football in the nflcirclejerk subreddit? Are you artistic?

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    artistic (comparative more artistic, superlative most artistic)

    1. (nonstandard) Artistically, in an artistic style.
      Antonym: inartistic
      • 1963, Geoffrey Tolhurst, Flat 4 Kings Cross, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, published 1966, page 100:
        'You've got to do it artistic. Here, like this.'

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    Etymology

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    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 *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō
    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 *-kos
    Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
    Proto-Italic *-ikos
    Latin -icuslbor.
    Old French -ique
    Middle French -ique
    French -ique
    French artistiquebor.
    Romanian artistic

      Borrowed from French artistique. By surface analysis, artist + -ic.

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      artistic m or n (feminine singular artistică, masculine plural artistici, feminine/neuter plural artistice)

      1. artistic

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      Declension of artistic
      singular plural
      masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
      nominative-
      accusative       		indefinite artistic artistică artistici artistice
      definite artisticul artistica artisticii artisticele
      genitive-
      dative       		indefinite artistic artistice artistici artistice
      definite artisticului artisticei artisticilor artisticelor
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