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arty-crafty

arty-crafty is the alternative form of artsy-craftsy.

Meaning of artsy-craftsy

Adjective

artsy-craftsy (comparative more artsy-craftsy, superlative most artsy-craftsy)

  1. (colloquial) Related to, or taking part in, arts and crafts.
    • an artsy-craftsy student
    Synonyms:
    handmade
  2. (colloquial, derogatory, often) Crafted in an excessively decorated manner; trivial or affected in design or execution (in comparison to other artistic products).
    Synonyms:
    artsy, arty, cutesy, precious

Forms of arty-crafty

comparativemore arty-crafty
superlativemost arty-crafty

Questions about arty-crafty

What is arty-crafty the alternative form of?
Arty-crafty is the alternative form of artsy-craftsy.

Words near arty-crafty in the dictionary

  1. artworking
  2. artworks
  3. artworld
  4. artworlds
  5. arty
  6. arty-crafty
  7. arty-farties
  8. arty-farty
  9. artyfarties
  10. artyfarty
  11. Artyom

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Adapted from Wiktionary: arty-crafty (page history and authors); artsy-craftsy (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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