Part 668

<h1>Artiste</h1> <Xpage=86>

<hw>Ar*tiste"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Artist</er>.]</ety> <def>One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook.</def>

<note>&hand; This term should not be confounded with the English word <i>artist</i>.</note>

<h1>Artistic, Artistical</h1> <Xpage=86>

<hw><hw>Ar*tis"tic</hw>, <hw>Ar*tis"tic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>artistique</ets>, fr. <ets>artiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to art or to artists; made in the manner of an artist; conformable to art; characterized by art; showing taste or skill.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ar*tis"tic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Artistry</h1> <Xpage=86>

<hw>Art"ist*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Works of art collectively.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Artistic effect or quality.</def>

<i>Southey.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Artistic pursuits; artistic ability.</def>

<i>The Academy.</i>

<h1>Artless</h1> <Xpage=86>

<hw>Art"less</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Wanting art, knowledge, or skill; ignorant; unskillful.</def>

<blockquote><b>Artless</b> of stars and of the moving sand. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Contrived without skill or art; inartistic.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Artless</b> and massy pillars. <i>T. Warton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Free from guile, art, craft, or stratagem; characterized by simplicity and sincerity; sincere; guileless; ingenuous; honest; <as>as, an <ex>artless</ex> mind; an <ex>artless</ex> tale.</as></def>

<blockquote>They were plain, <b>artless</b> men, without the least appearance of enthusiasm or credulity about them. <i>Porteus.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>O, how unlike the complex works of man, Heaven's easy, <b>artless</b>, unencumbered plan! <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Simple; unaffected; sincere; undesigning; guileless; unsophisticated; open; frank; candid.</syn>

<h1>Artlessly</h1> <Xpage=86>

<hw>Art"less*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an artless manner; without art, skill, or guile; unaffectedly.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Artlessness</h1> <Xpage=86>

<hw>Art"less*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being artless, or void of art or guile; simplicity; sincerity.</def>

<h1>Artly</h1> <Xpage=86>

<hw>Art"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With art or skill.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Artocarpeous, Artocarpous</h1> <Xpage=86>