nonartist

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noun

One who is not an artist (creator of art).

OriginEnglish artist ← French artiste ← Late Latin artista →
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Meanings

nounnonartist (plural nonartists)

plural nonartists

  1. One who is not an artist (creator of art).

    The gift-giving nature of the exchange feels nice and pokes gently at art world economics. Mr. Ovelman is the subject of the portraits here, but they are all by nonartists.

    2007 February 3, Holland Cotter, “To Explore Race, Sometimes You Focus on the Explorer”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂értis
  16. Proto-Italic*artis
  17. Latinars
  18. Late Latinartista
  19. Frenchartiste
  20. Englishartist
  21. Englishnonartist

From non- + artist.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

nonartist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonartist

MLA

“nonartist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonartist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonartist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonartist.

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