Arty

Arty
A diminutive of the male given name Arthur.

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  • Arty — Основная информация Полное имя …   Википедия

  • Arty — am Electric Zoo Festival 2011 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • arty — adj. 1. showily imitative of art or artists. Syn: artsy [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • arty — (adj.) 1901, having artistic pretentions, from ART (Cf. art) (n.) + Y (Cf. y) (2); Cf. ARTSY (Cf. artsy) …   Etymology dictionary

  • arty — [adj] pretended expertise in art; affected interest affected, deceptive, ephemeral, false, flaunting, illusory, imitative, overblown, popular, popularized, pretentious, pseudo, tasteless; concept 582 …   New thesaurus

  • arty — (chiefly N. Amer. also artsy) ► ADJECTIVE (artier, artiest) informal ▪ overtly artistic or interested in the arts. DERIVATIVES artiness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • arty — arty1 [ärt′ē] adj. artier, artiest Informal having or showing artistic pretensions artiness n. arty2 abbrev. artillery …   English World dictionary

  • Arty — This article is about an art magazine. For the Trance musician, see Arty (musician). The cover of Arty no. 22 Romance , published in 2007. Arty is an independent British art fanzine started by the artist Cathy Lomax in 2001. Arty is for art fans… …   Wikipedia

  • arty — art|y [ˈa:ti US ˈa:rti] adj BrE art|sy [ˈa:tsi US ˈa:rt ] AmE 1.) someone who is arty knows a lot about art, film, theatre etc often used to show disapproval ▪ He was one of those arty types. 2.) intended for, or used by people who are interested …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • arty — [[t]ɑ͟ː(r)ti[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is arty seems very interested in drama, film, music, poetry, or painting. People often describe someone as arty when they want to suggest that the person is pretentious. [INFORMAL] Didn t you find her a… …   English dictionary

  • arty — UK [ˈɑː(r)tɪ] / US [ˈɑrtɪ] adjective Word forms arty : adjective arty comparative artier superlative artiest showing a great interest in art, but in a way that may not be sincere arty intellectual types …   English dictionary

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