"arty" meaning in English

See arty in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɑː(ɹ)ti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-arty.wav [Southern-England] Forms: artier [comparative], artiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ti Etymology: From art + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|art|y}} art + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} arty (comparative artier, superlative artiest)
  1. Inclined towards the arts.
    Sense id: en-arty-en-adj-QETbhvq0
  2. (sometimes derogatory) Pretending to artistic worth; high-flown. Tags: derogatory, sometimes Translations (pretending to artistic worth): богемный (bogemnyj) (Russian), pretenciosamente artístico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-arty-en-adj-guw~gj0D Disambiguation of 'pretending to artistic worth': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: artsie, artsy Derived forms: arty-crafty, arty-farty
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈɑː(ɹ)ti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-arty.wav [Southern-England] Forms: arties [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ti Etymology: Clipping of artillery, perhaps incorporating the suffix -y forming diminutive nouns. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|artillery}} Clipping of artillery, {{af|en|-y}} -y Head templates: {{en-noun|arties}} arty (plural arties)
  1. (military, slang) Artillery. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-arty-en-noun-TQRb2qwP Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (military, slang) An artillery crew member. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-arty-en-noun-7IEr~rpo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 3 3 70 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 31 11 5 53 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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