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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ar•ti•fice /ˈɑrtəfɪs/USA pronunciation n. - a clever trick:[countable]Makeup is an artifice used by actors.
- [uncountable] the use of a clever trick;
trickery;
craftiness.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ar•ti•fice (är′tə fis),USA pronunciation n. - a clever trick or stratagem;
a cunning, crafty device or expedient;
wile. - trickery;
guile;
craftiness. - cunning;
ingenuity;
inventiveness:a drawing-room comedy crafted with artifice and elegance. - a skillful or artful contrivance or expedient.
- Latin artificium craftsmanship, art, craftiness, equivalent. to arti-, combining form of ars art1 + -fic-, combining form of facere to do1, make + -ium + -ium
- Anglo-French
- 1525–35
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged subterfuge. See trick.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged deception, deceit, art, duplicity. See cunning.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: artifice /ˈɑːtɪfɪs/ n - a clever expedient; ingenious stratagem
- crafty or subtle deception
- skill; cleverness
- a skilfully contrived device
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French, from Latin artificium skill, from artifex one possessed of a specific skill, from ars skill + -fex, from facere to make |