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English
Pronunciation
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.
- (sometimes derogatory) Pretending to artistic worth; high-flown.
2015 August 31, Quentin Tarantino, quotee, “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.
Derived terms
Translations
pretending to artistic worth
Etymology 2
Clipping of artillery, perhaps incorporating the suffix -y forming diminutive nouns.
Noun
arty (plural arties)
- (military, slang) Artillery.
- (military, slang) An artillery crew member.
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