arty

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1. Inclined towards the arts.

   But the film is depressingly thin on the women; often it seems more interested in arranging them in arty tableaux than investigating the way that isolation has shaped their personalities and how they see the world.

   2021 July 21, Cath Clarke, “Luz: The Flower of Evil review – arty Colombian horror shot through a trippy filter”, in The Guardian

2. derogatorysometimesPretending to artistic worth; high-flown.

   “Half of these Cate Blanchett movies – they’re all just like these arty things. I’m not saying they’re bad movies, but I don’t think most of them have a shelf life,” he said.

   2015 August 31, Quentin Tarantino, quotee, “Quentin Tarantino says Cate Blanchett's 'arty' films don't have 'shelf life'”, in The Guardian

plural arties

1. slanggovernmentArtillery.
2. slanggovernmentAn artillery crew member.

1. A diminutive of the male given name Arthur, from the Celtic languages.
2. A diminutive of the female given name Artemis, from Greek language.