Meanings
nounairtist (plural airtists)
plural airtists
- rareslangAn artist who uses airbrushes.
Greetings, annoucing^([sic]) a new airtist site.
1998 July 12, Wayne Bisso, “Gina G”, in alt.airbrush.art (Usenet)2 more examples
One of the lastest^([sic]) issues of FINE SCALE MODELER has a long article on cleaning airbrushes. […] I guess they are great for T-Shirt airtists, but not for me ;-P
2002 March 23, C. Baltrinic, “Newbie airbrush woes”, in rec.models.scale (Usenet)I've been a photographer (both in cinematography and still photgraphy)^([sic]) and airbrush airtist (surfboards and paintings) since 1971.
2003 May 20, victor maldonado, “Career Challenges...”, in adobe.photoshop.macintosh (Usenet)
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewsér
- Proto-Hellenic*auhḗr
- Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)
- Latināēr
- Old Frenchair
- Middle Englishaire
- Englishair
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰers-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰr̥stís
- Proto-Germanic*bʰurstís
- Proto-Germanic*burstiz
- Frankish*bursti
- Vulgar Latin*brustia
- Old Frenchbroisse
- Middle Englishbrusshe
- Englishbrush
- Englishairbrush
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂értis
- Proto-Italic*artis
- Latinars
- Late Latinartista
- Frenchartiste
- Englishartist
- Englishairtist
Cite this entry
APA
airtist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airtist
MLA
“airtist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airtist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “airtist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airtist.
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