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ar·ti·fice
\ˈär]d.əfə̇s, ˈȧ], ]tə-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French, from Latin artificium, from artific-, artifex artificer, from arti- (from art-, ars skill) + -fic-, -fex (from facere to do, make)
1.
a. obsolete : production or making of something especially in arts or crafts
b. archaic : artistic skill or style
2.
a. : a wily or artful stratagem : trick, trickery
b. : guile, insincerity
< a master of artifice >
3. : an ingenious or skillful device or expedient : clever skill : ingenuity, inventiveness
< the sum total of all this artifice, melodrama, and incredible behavior is a warm, witty, profoundly tragic portrait — Time >
Synonyms: see art, trick |