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Definitions for Artifice
[1] a clever trick or stratagem; a cunning, crafty device or expedient; wile.
[2] trickery; guile; craftiness.
[3] cunning; ingenuity; inventiveness: a drawing-room comedy crafted with artifice and elegance.
[4] a skillful or artful contrivance or expedient.
[5] a clever expedient; ingenious stratagem
[6] crafty or subtle deception
[7] skill; cleverness
[8] a skilfully contrived device
[9] obsolete craftsmanship
Words related to Artifice
gimmick, contrivance, duplicity, inventiveness, dodge, maneuver, play, scam, savvy, stratagem, machination, ploy, subterfuge, ruse, racket, tactic, expedient, device, wile, gambit
Words nearby Artifice
articulatory phonetics, artie, artifact, artifacting, artifactitious, artifice, artificer, artificial, artificial aid, artificial aids, artificial blood
Origin of Artifice
1525–35; < Anglo-French < Latin artificium craftsmanship, art, craftiness, equivalent to arti-, combining form of ars art1 + -fic-, combining form of facere to do1, make + -ium + -ium
Word origin for Artifice
C16: from Old French, from Latin artificium skill, from artifex one possessed of a specific skill, from ars skill + -fex, from facere to make
Synonyms for Artifice
contrivance, gimmick, con, device, dodge, expedient, gambit, machination, maneuver, play, ploy, racket, ruse, savvy, scam, stratagem, subterfuge, tactic, wile