artsy-fartsyadj.

Brit.

/ˌɑːtsɪˈfɑːtsi/, U.S.

/ˌɑrtsiˈfɑrtsi/

Forms: 1900s– artsy-fartsy, 1900s– artsie-fartsie.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: artsy adj., fart n.¹, -sy suffix².

Etymology: < artsy adj. + fart n.¹ + -sy suffix², as a rhyming pair. Compare arty-farty adj.

colloquial (frequently depreciative).

= arty-farty adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > characterized by other specific affectations

folky1914

arty1915

arty-farty1946

folksy1947

artsy-fartsy1962

ton-up1964

1962 G. P. Elliott David Knudsen 75 How did your artsy-fartsy movies turn out?

1971 Frendz 21 May 2/2 Artsy-fartsy. If they can call property Art, we can call anything we bloody well please Art.

1984 A. F. Loewenstein This Place 31 This new one, Sonya, an artsy-fartsy feminist, the one thing their little staff had lacked until now.

2001 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 370/2 I'm not interested in a small exhibition in some artsy-fartsy place and being worshipped by the chosen law.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	artsy-fartsy
释义	artsy-fartsyadj. Brit. /ˌɑːtsɪˈfɑːtsi/, U.S. /ˌɑrtsiˈfɑrtsi/ Forms: 1900s– artsy-fartsy, 1900s– artsie-fartsie. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: artsy adj., fart n.¹, -sy suffix². Etymology: < artsy adj. + fart n.¹ + -sy suffix², as a rhyming pair. Compare arty-farty adj. colloquial (frequently depreciative). = arty-farty adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > characterized by other specific affectations folky1914 arty1915 arty-farty1946 folksy1947 artsy-fartsy1962 ton-up1964 1962 G. P. Elliott David Knudsen 75 How did your artsy-fartsy movies turn out? 1971 Frendz 21 May 2/2 Artsy-fartsy. If they can call property Art, we can call anything we bloody well please Art. 1984 A. F. Loewenstein This Place 31 This new one, Sonya, an artsy-fartsy feminist, the one thing their little staff had lacked until now. 2001 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 370/2 I'm not interested in a small exhibition in some artsy-fartsy place and being worshipped by the chosen law. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1962
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