artsy

American  

[ahrt-see] / ˈɑrt si /

adjective

Informal.

artsier, artsiest

1. arty.

2. artsy-craftsy.

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Other Word Forms

• artsiness noun

Etymology

Origin of artsy

1900–05; art ¹ + -sy or art ¹ + -s ³ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Stints in modeling and photography helped the heiress to the Coppola filmmaking dynasty forge her own path in the ’90s, one that stretched through New York’s Lower East Side all the way to magazine cut-out collages, plastered onto every artsy teenager’s wall.

From Salon

Doherty later chronicled the famed artsy, hippie-like festival in his book “This Is Burning Man.”

From Los Angeles Times

But Dad convinced Celia to sign up to work with the sports teachers, to make her college applications look more “cohesive” next year, since her extracurriculars are more sporty than artsy.

From Literature

It’s artsy hippie musician meets PBS Kids, with big, bold paintings and old instruments hanging on the walls, plus kids’ toys everywhere.

From Literature

And in just three minutes of exposition, Hughes and Deutch nimbly convey that Molly Ringwald’s Andie Walsh is both your conventional artsy wallflower and a singularly special young woman.

From Salon

Related Words

• pretentious
• self-conscious
• stilted