Artistic

//ɑɹˈtɪstɪk// adj, adv

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having or revealing creative skill.

    "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."

  2. 2
    Relating to or characteristic of art or artists.

    "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."

  3. 3
    Aesthetically pleasing.

    "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."

  4. 4
    Euphemistic form of autistic. Internet, euphemistic, form-of, offensive

    "To track gf workouts is artistic as fuck."

Adjective
  1. 1
    satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities wordnet
  2. 2
    aesthetically pleasing wordnet
  3. 3
    relating to or characteristic of art or artists wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Artistically, in an artistic style. nonstandard

    "'You've got to do it artistic. Here, like this.'"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French artistique, from artiste + -ique. By surface analysis, artist + -ic.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French artistique, from artiste + -ique. By surface analysis, artist + -ic.

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