"arty-farty" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-arty-farty.wav [US]
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  1. (informal, derogatory) Pretentiously artistic; self-important or self-indulgent, especially when describing an artistic project. Tags: derogatory, informal Related terms: fancy-schmancy, hoity-toity, highfalutin, tushery
    Sense id: en-arty-farty-en-adj-S3eeQzWX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English reduplications, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 90 10 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 85 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: artsy-fartsy, artyfarty

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-arty-farty.wav [US] Forms: arty-farties [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} arty-farty (plural arty-farties)
  1. Someone who is arty-farty.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: artsy-fartsy, artyfarty

Inflected forms

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