Artifice Definition

ärtə-fĭs
noun
Deception or trickery.
The purchaser believed that the product was new only by artifice of the seller.
American Heritage
Skill or ingenuity.
Webster's New World
Something contrived or made up to achieve an end, especially by deceiving; a stratagem or ruse.
American Heritage
A clever expedient.
Webster's New World
Cleverness or ingenuity in making or doing something; art or skill.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Artifice

Noun

Singular:
artifice
Plural:
artifices

Origin of Artifice

  • French from Old French craftsmanship from Latin artificium from artifex artific- craftsman ars art- art art1 -fex maker dhē- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from Middle French artifice, from Latin artificium.

    From Wiktionary

Artifice Sentence Examples

  • Gibbon's stylistic artifice both averted the peril of prosecution and rendered the attack more telling.

  • In this he succeeded, though not without a good deal of artifice, more creditable to his ingenuity than to his virtue.

  • The dominating milieu in which we live is a technical artifice.

  • It is poetic artifice and not nature that is the key term here.

  • Henry, who saw through the artifice, and was already looking round for a more popular successor to Wolsey, made the gracious answer that he would employ More otherwise.

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Words Starting With

AARART

Words Ending With

ECEICE

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With A8 Letter Words Ending With E