Borrowed fromFrenchartistique, fromartiste +-ique. Bysurface analysis,artist +-ic.
artistic (comparativemoreartistic,superlativemostartistic)
- Having or revealingcreative skill.
1865 April 16,Walt Whitman, “Death of President Lincoln”, inSpecimen Days, Philadelphia: Rees Welsh & Co., published1882–83,page68: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.
- Relating to or characteristic ofart orartists.
1890,James Abbott McNeill Whistler, “The Picture Defended”, in Sheridan Ford, editor,The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, New York: Frederick Stokes & Brother,pages69–70:Art should be independent of all clap-trap—should stand alone, and appeal to theartistic sense of eye or ear, without confounding this with emotions entirely foreign to it, as devotion, pity, love, patriotism, and the like.
- Aesthetically pleasing.
1855,Herbert Spencer, “Æsthetic Sentiments”, inThe Principles of Psychology, volume II, New York: D. Appleton and Company, published1877,page640:To beartistic, that is, to excite the feeling of beauty effectually, the notes must not be allforte or allpiano ; and the execution is the finer the more numerous the gradations—supposing these are such as to satisfy other requirements.
- (Internetslang)Euphemistic form ofautistic.
- Synonym:acoustic
- Coordinate term:regarded
2021 January 5, u/sorgan71, “Anon is nervous”, inReddit[1], r/4chan, archived fromthe original on9 January 2024:To track gf workouts isartistic as fuck.
2023 July 9, u/ThePootisSaver, “Femanon(?) Hates Men”, inReddit[2], r/greentext, archived fromthe original on9 January 2024:Second anon isartistic and severely regarded.
2023 November 10, @GUlTARDUO,Twitter[3], archived fromthe original on9 January 2024:went on a call with my friend then zoned out and then i heard her say 'are you restarted or are youartistic or are you gray?'
2023 December 21, u/fatnugget0, “PICTURE! PICTURE! SMILE FOR THE PICTURE! POSE WITH YOUR BROTHER WONT YOU BE A GOOD SISTER! EVERYONE THINKS THAT WE'RE PERFECT! PLEASE DON'T LET THEM LOOK THROUGH THE CURTAINS~”, inReddit[4], r/teenagers, archived fromthe original on9 January 2024:Bro isartistic and he is the homie with a[sic] extra chromoie
2024 January 2, u/Power_of_Atturdy, “Why did he run up the middle where the entire team would be? Is he acoustic?”, inReddit[5], r/nflcirclejerk, archived fromthe original on9 January 2024:Why would you show a play from college football in the nflcirclejerk subreddit? Are youartistic?
relating to art or artists
artistic (comparativemoreartistic,superlativemostartistic)
- (nonstandard)Artistically, in an artistic style.
- Antonym:inartistic
1963, Geoffrey Tolhurst,Flat 4 Kings Cross, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, published1966, page100:'You've got to do itartistic. Here, like this.'
Borrowed fromFrenchartistique. Bysurface analysis,artist +-ic.
artistic m orn (feminine singularartistică,masculine pluralartistici,feminine and neuter pluralartistice)
- artistic
