artyfarty

Alternative form of arty-farty.

Adjective

  1. Alternative form of arty-farty.
    • Return on investment imperative. Stop. Forget the artyfarty stuff. - 1981, Margaret Gardner Mayorga, Stanley Richards, The Best Short Plays, page 254:
    • To protect himself against his ignorance in either instance, the producer may accuse the composer of too much integrity, and find him too slow, too artyfarty, too obstinate, too costly, too much of a perfectionist. -...
    • 'He's not that keen on formal social occasions,' said Pascoe, who knew that the constable who sorted Dalziel's mail had strict instructions to file all invitations that smelled of civic tedium or artyfarty ennui in a...

Forms

more artyfarty most artyfarty

Noun

  1. Alternative form of arty-farty.
    • Especially Midlands carmakers who did not want to be lectured by a bunch of London artyfarties otherwise fussing over the design of spoons. - 2016, Christy Campbell, Mini: An Intimate Biography, page 60:
    • Lon hair versus short hair, right versus left, Nat versus Commie, artyfarty versus pig. You had to choose your tribe. - 2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 161:

Forms

artyfarties