单词 | arty-and-crafty |
释义 | arty-and-craftyadj. Frequently depreciative. Now rare. = arty-crafty adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [adjective] > arts and crafts Morrisian1879 artsy-craftsy1902 arty-and-crafty1902 craftsman1902 art-and-crafty1909 arty-crafty1930 Morrisan1949 1902 Daily Chron. 28 July 3/4 Canon Barnett..spoke of a coming Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, which, if not too ‘Arty-and-Crafty’, should be excellent. 1925 Sat. Rev. 7 Nov. 524/1 The ‘arty and crafty’ furniture that is uncomfortable in use,..the model house in which no man can be at ease. 1927 Observer 18 Sept. 15/4 Country lore gathered chiefly from the works of arty-and-crafty peasants from Belsize Park. 1974 Times 23 Oct. p. vii/1 A designer whose glamour derives from working in the arty-and-crafty rather than the anonymous world of mass production. Derivatives ˌarty-and-ˈcraftiness n. = arty-craftiness n. at arty-crafty n. and adj. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [noun] > arts and crafts movement > quality arty-craftiness1925 arty-and-craftiness1937 1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Road to Wigan Pier xii. 232 Deliberately to revert to primitive methods..would be a piece of dilettantism, of pretty-pretty arty and craftiness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1902 |
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