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artifice
[ ahr-tuh-fis ]
noun
- a clever trick or stratagem; a cunning, crafty device or expedient; wile.
Synonyms: subterfuge
- trickery; guile; craftiness.
- cunning; ingenuity; inventiveness:
a drawing-room comedy crafted with artifice and elegance.
- a skillful or artful contrivance or expedient.
artifice
/ ˈɑːtɪfɪs /
noun
- a clever expedient; ingenious stratagem
- crafty or subtle deception
- skill; cleverness
- a skilfully contrived device
- obsolete.craftsmanship
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Word History and Origins
Origin of artifice1
C16: from Old French, from Latin artificium skill, from artifex one possessed of a specific skill, from ars skill + -fex, from facere to make
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