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airtist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɛɹˌ-/ (General-American)
• /ˈɛˌ-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɛəˌtɪst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɛɚˌtɪst/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin āēr Old French airbor. Middle English aire English air Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥stís Proto-Germanic *bʰurstís Proto-Germanic *burstiz Frankish *burstibor. Vulgar Latin *brustia Old French broissebor. Middle English brusshe English brush English airbrush Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -ista Late Latin artistader. French artisteder. English artist blend English airtist Blend of airbrush + artist.

Meanings

1. (rare, slang) An artist who uses airbrushes.
   • One of the lastest^([sic]) issues of FINE SCALE MODELER has a long article on cleaning airbrushes. […] I guess they are great for T-Shirt airtists, but not for me ;-P 2002 March 23, C. Baltrinic, “Newbie airbrush woes”, in rec.models.scale (Usenet):
   • I've been a photographer (both in cinematography and still photgraphy)^([sic]) and airbrush airtist (surfboards and paintings) since 1971. 2003 May 20, victor maldonado, “Career Challenges...”, in adobe.photoshop.macintosh (Usenet):
   • Greetings, annoucing^([sic]) a new airtist site. 1998 July 12, Wayne Bisso, “Gina G”, in alt.airbrush.art (Usenet):

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