artistryn.
/ˈɑːtᵻstri/, U.S. /ˈɑrdəstri/ 1. Artistic characteristics; artistic ability or execution.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or art > artistic skill
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?1765 Love in High Life 36 All that a spirit of debauchery could suggest, and the most exquisite artistry execute, was lavished on their persons.
1851 J. J. G. Wilkinson Human Body 402 What an artistry should be cultivated by those who practice medicine; what tact should electrify their fingers.
1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. i. 2 Prime nature with an added artistry.
1880 Academy 13 Mar. 197 He fully recognises Sir Christopher Wren's artistry.
1946 Liberty 25 May 35/2 Her naïveté fell flat when you noted the heavy artistry with the lipstick.
1979 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 1 Feb. 9/2 Another feature of the program is the making corn-husk dolls. Woven from year-old, dampened husks, they illustrate the artistry and ingenuity of the people.
2000 Independent 8 Jan. ii. 2/2 I shall be revisiting many times to..savour, once again, the beautiful and skillful artistry of the aerialists.
2. The work of an artist; artists collectively. rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > artist > [noun] > occupation of an artist
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1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 138 Artistry being battle with the age It lives in!
1878 R. Browning Poets Croisic clii All fume and fret Of artistry.
1991 S. Faludi Backlash ii. v. 127 Her artistry is performed at an assembly-line factory, where she mass-produces landscape art for hotels.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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