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English

Etymology

artist +? -ry.

Noun

artistry (countable and uncountable, plural artistries)

1. Significant artistic skill.
   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]

     Displaying a sturdy professionalism throughout that stops just short of artistry, director Gary Ross, who co-scripted with Collins and Billy Ray, does his strongest work in the early scenes, which set up the stakes with chilling efficiency.

Related terms

• art
• artist

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• doggrel

Etymology

Probably from dog +? -rel (“pejorative suffix”), akin to Dog Latin, late 14th c.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?????l/

Adjective

doggerel (not comparable)

1. (poetry) Of a crude or irregular construction.

Usage notes

The word was originally applied to humorous verse, but now refers to verse lacking artistry or meaning.

Translations

Noun

doggerel (countable and uncountable, plural doggerels)

1. (poetry) A comic or humorous verse, usually irregular in measure.

Translations

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “doggerel”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
• doggerel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “doggerel” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "doggerel" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
• “doggerel”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

Further reading

• doggerel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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