# artistic

Pronunciation: US say "ar-TIS-tik" /ɑɹˈtɪstɪk/; UK say "ah-TIS-tik" /ɑːˈtɪstɪk/

## Adjective

1. Having or showing creative skill, especially in creating art or design.
   - Simple: Good at making art, or showing real creative skill.
   - _Critics admired the director's artistic vision throughout the film._
   - _He proved remarkably artistic, sketching detailed portraits from memory._
2. Relating to art, or showing the qualities typical of artists.
   - Simple: Connected to art or to the people who create it.
   - _The festival celebrates the region's rich artistic heritage._
   - _Her work blends scientific precision with genuine artistic sensibility._
3. Pleasing to the eye through beauty of form, color, or arrangement.
   - Simple: Pleasing and beautiful to look at.
   - _The plated dessert was as artistic as it was delicious._
   - _Photographers found the old courtyard wonderfully artistic at sunset._
4. An offensive online stand-in for autistic, spelled with one letter changed so the insult looks harmless and used to mock people. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A mean Internet word for autistic, used to make fun of people. It is spelled like artistic so that it looks harmless.

## Adverb

5. In an artistic manner; in a style characteristic of art. *(nonstandard)*
   - Simple: In a way that looks beautiful, like a work of art.
   - _They decorated the hall artistic for the celebration._
   - _She wrapped each gift artistic, with ribbons and folded paper._

## Origin

Borrowed from French artistique, formed from artiste plus -ique; by surface analysis it is artist plus -ic.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/artistic (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).