artsie

Etymology

From arts +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹtsi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: art‧sie

Adjective

artsie (comparative artsier, superlative artsiest)

1. Alternative form of arty
   • 1974, Journal of the American Statistical Association:

     […] an "artsie" course at Cornell University […]

Noun

artsie (plural artsies)

1. (informal) One who studies the arts.
   • 2013, Charles Blattberg, The Adventurous Young Philosopher Theo Hoshen of Toronto, page 85:

     “I'll never be an artsie,” replied Corretti, not bothering to lift his eyes from the screen of the computer he was working on.
     “But you're not taking engineering courses anymore,” objected Carl.

   • 2014, Elle Lee Strauss, Clockwise

     […] up along the wall, in cliques. The brains along one side, the artsies in the corner, the beauty queens near the punch bowl so everyone would have to look at how pretty they were when they got a drink, […]