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art·y
(är′tē)adj. art·i·er, art·i·est Informal
1. Of or relating to artists or the fine arts.
2. Showily or affectedly artistic.
art′i·ly adv.
art′i·ness n.
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arty
(ˈɑːtɪ) orartsy
adj, artier or artiest
informal having an ostentatious or affected interest in or desire to imitate artists or artistic standards
ˈartiness ˈartsiness n
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art•y
(ˈɑr ti)also artsy
adj. art•i•er, art•i•est.
characterized by a pretentious display of artistic interest or style.
[1900–05]
art′i•ness, n.
Arty.
Artillery.
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Adj. | 1. | arty - showily imitative of art or artists pretentious - making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition" |
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arty
(Informal)adjective artistic, arty-farty (informal), arty-crafty (informal) an arty French film
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arty
adjectiveInformal. Pretentiously artistic:
Informal: artsy-craftsy.
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arty
[ˈɑːtɪ] ADJ [style] → con pretensiones artísticas, seudoartístico; [clothing] → afectado, extravagante; [person] → de gusto muy afectado, que se las da de muy artistashe looks arty; she is arty-looking → tiene pinta de cultureta
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
arty
[ˈɑːrti] adj (= artsy) [person] → qui se donne le genre artiste; [film, photograph] → de style artiste prétentieuxDidn't you find her a little bit too arty? → Tu n'as pas trouvé qu'elle se donne un peu trop le genre artiste?
an arty French film → un film français de style artiste prétentieux
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
arty
adj (+er) (inf) → Künstler-; type also, tie, clothes → verrückt (inf); person → auf Künstler machend (pej); decoration, style → auf Kunst gemacht (inf); film, novel → geschmäcklerisch; he was more of an arty type than his brother → er war mehr ein Künstlertyp als sein Bruder; she’s in publishing/the theatre — oh yes, I knew it was something arty → sie arbeitet im Verlag/Theater — ach ja, ich wusste doch, dass es etwas Künstlerisches war
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