arty-fartyadj.

Brit.

/ˌɑːtɪˈfɑːti/, U.S.

/ˌɑrdiˈfɑrdi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: arty adj., fart n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < arty adj. + fart n.¹ + -y suffix¹, as a rhyming pair. Compare slightly earlier artsy-fartsy adj.

colloquial (frequently depreciative).

Pretentiously artistic. Cf. artsy-fartsy 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

1946 B. Marshall George Brown's Schooldays xxxv. 141 They work in one of those arty-farty florists where they make you pay through the nose for a bunch of carnations.

1966 Tulane Drama Rev. 11 175/2 All the arty-farty tactics associated with conventional theatre.

1982 M. Kington Miles & Miles 61 The North is..trying to impose their bluff..values on our arty-farty-Dartington, southern way of life.

2003 M. Belson On the Press i. 63 The feeling at the time was that they certainly had a greater skill in design than the arty-farty designers who came to the Press straight from college.

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

单词	arty-farty
释义	arty-fartyadj. Brit. /ˌɑːtɪˈfɑːti/, U.S. /ˌɑrdiˈfɑrdi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: arty adj., fart n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < arty adj. + fart n.¹ + -y suffix¹, as a rhyming pair. Compare slightly earlier artsy-fartsy adj. colloquial (frequently depreciative). Pretentiously artistic. Cf. artsy-fartsy 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 1946 B. Marshall George Brown's Schooldays xxxv. 141 They work in one of those arty-farty florists where they make you pay through the nose for a bunch of carnations. 1966 Tulane Drama Rev. 11 175/2 All the arty-farty tactics associated with conventional theatre. 1982 M. Kington Miles & Miles 61 The North is..trying to impose their bluff..values on our arty-farty-Dartington, southern way of life. 2003 M. Belson On the Press i. 63 The feeling at the time was that they certainly had a greater skill in design than the arty-farty designers who came to the Press straight from college. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1946
随便看	of little valure of little worth of lodgings of loft of long of long ago of long continuance of long standing of low of main white of malice forethought of many words of mark of measure of mercy of message of met of mind of mine of mixed blood of mode of moment of mornings of motion of much mund