arty
nounEtymology Clipping of artillery, perhaps incorporating the suffix -y forming diminutive nouns.
1
Government, Military, Politics, War Slang Artillery.
2
Government, Military, Politics, War Slang An artillery crew member.
arty
adj/ˈɑː(ɹ)ti/
Etymology From art + -y.
1
Inclined towards the arts.
- But the film is depressingly thin on the women; often it seems more interested in arranging them in arty tableaux than investigating the way that isolation has shaped their personalities and how they see the world.2021 July 21, Cath Clarke, “Luz: The Flower of Evil review – arty Colombian horror shot through a trippy filter”, in The Guardian:
2
Derogatory, Sometimes Pretending to artistic worth; high-flown.
- “Half of these Cate Blanchett movies – they’re all just like these arty things. I’m not saying they’re bad movies, but I don’t think most of them have a shelf life,” he said.2015 August 31, Quentin Tarantino, quotee, “Quentin Tarantino says Cate Blanchett's 'arty' films don't have 'shelf life'”, in The Guardian:
- Derived terms
- artily, artiness, arty-crafty, arty-farty