artificiousadj.

Brit.

/ˌɑːtᵻˈfɪʃəs/, U.S.

/ˌɑrdəˈfɪʃəs/

Forms: late Middle English artificieuse, 1500s artifitious, 1500s artyfyciouse, 1500s– artificious, 1600s artificiose.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French artificieux; Latin artificiōsus.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French, French artificieux seeking to deceive by cunning (c1275 in Old French), (of a person) skilful (c1355 as artificeux ), skilfully made (c1370), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin artificiōsus in accordance with the rules of an art, prescribed by art, technical, accomplished, involving artistry, skilfully contrived, ingenious < artificium artifice n. + -ōsus -ous suffix. Compare Old Occitan artificios (14th cent. in an isolated attestation), Catalan artificiós (15th cent.), Spanish artificioso (late 15th cent.), Portuguese artificioso (13th cent.), Italian artificioso (a1294). Compare earlier artificial adj.

†1. Displaying great skill or craftsmanship. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > having practical, operative, or constructive skill > characteristic of skilled worker

workmanly1421

artificiousc1475

craftsmanlike1547

workmanlike1600

artificial1667

professional-looking1840

tradesmanlike1862

workwomanly1894

c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 145 Wherof the merueylous and artificieuse werk it is to be remembred [Fr. merveilleux artifice fait a ramentevoir].

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 305/2 Artyfyciouse, full of great crafte and workemanshyp, artificieux.

1572 tr. S. Münster Briefe Coll. & Compend. Extract Cosmogr. f. 44^v They haue diuers artificious wais in preparing meates, & varietie of sauces.

1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 8^v The artifitious and most cunning architect with an exquisite and perspicuous inuention, had made to the stayres cartaine loopes or small windowes.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 174 The most proper artificious and workemanlike instruments.

1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (cxxxix. 6–12 Paraphr.) 673 The closest and most artificious recess.

2. Artificially created or contrived; not natural, spontaneous, or genuine; feigned, affected.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affected or put on for effect

affectate?1555

affectated1574

affected1578

artificious1579

affective1630

theatrical1649

faux1684

false1791

posed1909

voulu1909

pseudish1938

hokey1945

pseudo1949

posé1958

plastic1963

1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune i. xxii. f. 30 I have accustomed my self to artificious odours... It is more shameful to frequent the artificius, then the symple: For euery dishonest thyng, the more artificius it is, the more dyshonest it is.

1632 H. Hawkins tr. G. P. Maffei Fuga Sæculi 233 To couer the senses with artificious and obscure wordes.

1655 J. Jennings tr. J.-P. Camus Elise 59 The artificious disdain, the affected scorn of this damosel.

1847 W. Bennett Etherea 31 She was a maid Whose beauty shamed all artificious aid.

1936 Hispanic Rev. 4 228 The artificious, bucolic Nature of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is replaced by the pantheistically conceived Nature of the nineteenth century.

1978 Diacritics 8 77 As soon as this dynamic and mediating aspect of art is forgotten, it is degraded to an artificious game that hides reality on the one side, its own origin on the other.

1995 J. M. Fuster Memory in Cerebral Cortex vii. 191 This division of the cortical substrate of language into a sensory and a motor component is somewhat artificious.

3. Cunning, artful. Chiefly in negative sense. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective]

warec888

craftyOE

hinderyeapc1000

yepec1000

foxc1175

slya1200

hinderc1200

quaint?c1225

wrenchfulc1225

wiltfula1250

wilyc1330

subtle1340

cautelous138.

sleightful1380

subtile1387

enginousa1393

wilfula1400

wilyc1407

sleighty1412

serpentinec1422

ginnousa1425

wittya1425

semyc1440

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trickful1775

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slyish1828

vulpine1830

kokum1839

spidery1843

dodgy1861

ladino1863

carney1881

slinky1951

1624 T. Heigham tr. G. de Chevalier Disc. Valour in Ghosts of Deceased Sieurs 98 An vndoubted testimony of a base and artificious soule.

1655 J. Jennings tr. J.-P. Camus Elise 58 That makes known to the artificious Amazon what she knew already.

1679 I. Bargrave tr. F. Micanzio Exact Discov. Myst. Iniquity 4 As Subtil and Artificious a Device, as ever yet the World brought forth.

1711–12 R. Sutton Despatches 12 Jan. in A. N. Kurat Despatches R. Sutton (1953) 95 The Plenipo^s having considered the said Model and judging it artificious and captious both in the matter and terms, drew up an answer of their own.

1789 H. Mustafa tr. Ghulam Husain Khan Sëir Mutaqharin I. 534 In short he was a shrewd, artificious, knowing man.

1825 W. B. Stevenson Hist. Narr. Years Resid. S. Amer. III. iii. 101 The contradictory acts and artificious falsehoods of the strange and short-lived governments.

1846 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 261/1 Ah! it is all the fault of that artificious Blanca: I knew she would contrive to get him at last.

1959 Hispanic Rev. 27 382/1 Galiamens..‘deceit, artificious thing or device, ornament.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	artificious
释义	artificiousadj. Brit. /ˌɑːtᵻˈfɪʃəs/, U.S. /ˌɑrdəˈfɪʃəs/ Forms: late Middle English artificieuse, 1500s artifitious, 1500s artyfyciouse, 1500s– artificious, 1600s artificiose. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French artificieux; Latin artificiōsus. Etymology: < (i) Middle French, French artificieux seeking to deceive by cunning (c1275 in Old French), (of a person) skilful (c1355 as artificeux ), skilfully made (c1370), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin artificiōsus in accordance with the rules of an art, prescribed by art, technical, accomplished, involving artistry, skilfully contrived, ingenious < artificium artifice n. + -ōsus -ous suffix. Compare Old Occitan artificios (14th cent. in an isolated attestation), Catalan artificiós (15th cent.), Spanish artificioso (late 15th cent.), Portuguese artificioso (13th cent.), Italian artificioso (a1294). Compare earlier artificial adj. †1. Displaying great skill or craftsmanship. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > having practical, operative, or constructive skill > characteristic of skilled worker workmanly1421 artificiousc1475 craftsmanlike1547 workmanlike1600 artificial1667 professional-looking1840 tradesmanlike1862 workwomanly1894 c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 145 Wherof the merueylous and artificieuse werk it is to be remembred [Fr. merveilleux artifice fait a ramentevoir]. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 305/2 Artyfyciouse, full of great crafte and workemanshyp, artificieux. 1572 tr. S. Münster Briefe Coll. & Compend. Extract Cosmogr. f. 44^v They haue diuers artificious wais in preparing meates, & varietie of sauces. 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 8^v The artifitious and most cunning architect with an exquisite and perspicuous inuention, had made to the stayres cartaine loopes or small windowes. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 174 The most proper artificious and workemanlike instruments. 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (cxxxix. 6–12 Paraphr.) 673 The closest and most artificious recess. 2. Artificially created or contrived; not natural, spontaneous, or genuine; feigned, affected. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affected or put on for effect affectate?1555 affectated1574 affected1578 artificious1579 affective1630 theatrical1649 faux1684 false1791 posed1909 voulu1909 pseudish1938 hokey1945 pseudo1949 posé1958 plastic1963 1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune i. xxii. f. 30 I have accustomed my self to artificious odours... It is more shameful to frequent the artificius, then the symple: For euery dishonest thyng, the more artificius it is, the more dyshonest it is. 1632 H. Hawkins tr. G. P. Maffei Fuga Sæculi 233 To couer the senses with artificious and obscure wordes. 1655 J. Jennings tr. J.-P. Camus Elise 59 The artificious disdain, the affected scorn of this damosel. 1847 W. Bennett Etherea 31 She was a maid Whose beauty shamed all artificious aid. 1936 Hispanic Rev. 4 228 The artificious, bucolic Nature of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is replaced by the pantheistically conceived Nature of the nineteenth century. 1978 Diacritics 8 77 As soon as this dynamic and mediating aspect of art is forgotten, it is degraded to an artificious game that hides reality on the one side, its own origin on the other. 1995 J. M. Fuster Memory in Cerebral Cortex vii. 191 This division of the cortical substrate of language into a sensory and a motor component is somewhat artificious. 3. Cunning, artful. Chiefly in negative sense. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] warec888 craftyOE hinderyeapc1000 yepec1000 foxc1175 slya1200 hinderc1200 quaint?c1225 wrenchfulc1225 wiltfula1250 wilyc1330 subtle1340 cautelous138. sleightful1380 subtile1387 enginousa1393 wilfula1400 wilyc1407 sleighty1412 serpentinec1422 ginnousa1425 wittya1425 semyc1440 artificial?a1475 sleight1495 slapea1500 shrewdc1525 craftly1526 foxy1528 gleering?1533 foxish1535 insidious1545 vafrous1548 wily beguile1550 wilely1556 fine1559 todly1571 practic1585 subdolous1588 captious1590 witryff1598 cautel1606 cunninga1616 versute1616 shiftfula1618 artificious1624 insidiary1625 canny1628 lapwing-like1638 pawky?a1640 tricksome1648 callid1656 versutious1660 artful1663 slim1674 dexterous1701 trickish1705 supple1710 slid1719 vulpinary1721 tricksy1766 trickful1775 sneck-drawing1786 tricky1786 louche1819 sneck-drawn1820 slyish1828 vulpine1830 kokum1839 spidery1843 dodgy1861 ladino1863 carney1881 slinky1951 1624 T. Heigham tr. G. de Chevalier Disc. Valour in Ghosts of Deceased Sieurs 98 An vndoubted testimony of a base and artificious soule. 1655 J. Jennings tr. J.-P. Camus Elise 58 That makes known to the artificious Amazon what she knew already. 1679 I. Bargrave tr. F. Micanzio Exact Discov. Myst. Iniquity 4 As Subtil and Artificious a Device, as ever yet the World brought forth. 1711–12 R. Sutton Despatches 12 Jan. in A. N. Kurat Despatches R. Sutton (1953) 95 The Plenipo^s having considered the said Model and judging it artificious and captious both in the matter and terms, drew up an answer of their own. 1789 H. Mustafa tr. Ghulam Husain Khan Sëir Mutaqharin I. 534 In short he was a shrewd, artificious, knowing man. 1825 W. B. Stevenson Hist. Narr. Years Resid. S. Amer. III. iii. 101 The contradictory acts and artificious falsehoods of the strange and short-lived governments. 1846 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 261/1 Ah! it is all the fault of that artificious Blanca: I knew she would contrive to get him at last. 1959 Hispanic Rev. 27 382/1 Galiamens..‘deceit, artificious thing or device, ornament.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1475
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