English Online Dictionary. What means artistic? What does artistic mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French artistique, from artiste + -ique. By surface analysis, artist + -ic.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɑɹˈtɪstɪk/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɑːˈtɪstɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɪstɪk
- Hyphenation: ar‧tist‧ic
Adjective
artistic (comparative more artistic, superlative most artistic)
- Having or revealing creative skill.
- Relating to or characteristic of art or artists.
- Aesthetically pleasing.
- (Internet slang) Euphemistic form of autistic.
- Synonym: acoustic
- Coordinate term: regarded
Synonyms
- artist (archaic)
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
artistic (comparative more artistic, superlative most artistic)
- (nonstandard) Artistically, in an artistic style.
- Antonym: inartistic
Further reading
- “artistic”, in Urban Dictionary, launched 1999.
Anagrams
- triatics
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French artistique. By surface analysis, artist + -ic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /arˈtis.tik/
Adjective
artistic m or n (feminine singular artistică, masculine plural artistici, feminine and neuter plural artistice)
- artistic