artistic
/ɑɹˈtɪs.tɪk/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.17 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Relating to or characteristic of art or artists.
adj
adv
Artistically, in an artistic style.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "To track gf workouts is artistic as fuck."
- "Second anon is artistic and severely regarded."
- "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?'"
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 *-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 *-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.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: artistique
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɑɹˈtɪs.tɪk/
- British English: /ɑːˈtɪs.tɪk/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more artistic (comparative)
most artistic (superlative)