unartistlike

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adjective

Not artistlike; unartistic.

OriginEnglish artistlike ← Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunartistlike (comparative more unartistlike, superlative most unartistlike)

comparative more unartistlike · superlative most unartistlike

  1. Not artistlike; unartistic.

    […] the defects of the plates are owing to the engraver, WF Starling; who has executed them in a coarse, flimsy, unartistlike manner, as though cheapness rather than excellence had been aimed at.

    1846, The Spectator: Volume 19, page 19

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂értis
  10. Proto-Italic*artis
  11. Latinars
  12. Late Latinartista
  13. Frenchartiste
  14. Englishartist
  15. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  16. Proto-Germanic*līką
  17. Englishartistlike
  18. Englishunartistlike

From un- + artistlike.

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APA

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

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Chicago

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