See Also: arty(1)(dictionary)
arty(2)(dictionary)
arty(dictionary)
arty-farty(dictionary)

arty(1) (iou)



arty adjective. ['¨»:ti] colloq. E20.
[from ART noun1 + -Y1.]
Pretentiously or quaintly artistic.
G. Orwell They were arty-looking houses, another of those sham-Tudor colonies. N. Freeling And those exercise-books...virulent plastic covers..: they'd got arty lately in a jazzy style, he had noticed.
Comb.: arty-and-craftiness = arty-craftiness below; arty-and-crafty adjective = ARTSY-craftsy; arty-craftiness artsy-craftsy quality or characteristics; arty-crafty adjective = ARTSY-craftsy; arty-farty adjective = ARTSY-fartsy.
artily noun M20.
artiness noun E20.