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artsie

Syllables: art·sieUS/ˈɑɹtsi/

artsie is the alternative form of arty.

Meaning of arty

Adjective

arty (comparative artier, superlative artiest)

  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

See all 6 meanings of arty

Noun

artsie (plural artsies)

  1. (informal) One who studies the arts.
    • “I'll never be an artsie,” replied Corretti, not bothering to lift his eyes from the screen of the computer he was working on.
      “But you're not taking engineering courses anymore,” objected Carl.2013, Charles Blattberg, The Adventurous Young Philosopher Theo Hoshen of Toronto, page 85
    • […] up along the wall, in cliques. The brains along one side, the artsies in the corner, the beauty queens near the punch bowl so everyone would have to look at how pretty they were when they got a drink, […]2014, Elle Lee Strauss, Clockwise

Forms of artsie

Adjective
comparativeartsier
superlativeartsiest
Noun
pluralartsies

Origin of artsie

From arts + -ie.

Questions about artsie

What does artsie mean?
Artsie means one who studies the arts.
What is artsie the alternative form of?
Artsie is the alternative form of arty.
What part of speech is artsie?
Artsie is a noun.
How do you pronounce artsie?
Artsie is pronounced /ˈɑɹtsi/ (US).
What is the plural of artsie?
The plural of artsie is artsies.

Words near artsie in the dictionary

  1. Artsakhian
  2. Artsakhis
  3. artscene
  4. artscenes
  5. Artses
  6. artsie
  7. artsier
  8. artsies
  9. artsiest
  10. artsily
  11. artsiness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: artsie (page history and authors); arty (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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