artificeとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪfɪs/

名詞

artifice (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 artifices)

1. A crafty but underhanded deception.
2. A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.
3. A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture.
4. A tactical move to gain advantage.
5. (archaic) Something made with technical skill; a contrivance.

動詞

artifice (三人称単数 現在形 artifices, 現在分詞 artificing, 過去形および過去分詞形 artificed)

1. To construct by means of skill or specialised art
   • 1867, Egbert Pomroy Watson, The Modern Practice of American Machinists and Engineers […] :

     The Creator has so cunningly endowed our bodies that there is no labor to be done, no skill in artificing or fashioning the metals, that is beyond our reach.

   • 1900, Country Life, volume 7, page 138:

     Some of the greatest artists of their day either furnished designs or with their own hands artificed ornaments for domestic use,

   • 1922, Appalachian Mountain Club, The A.M.C. White Mountain Guide: A Guide to Trails in the Mountains:

     Splints and slings, already described, are easily artificed out of small saplings or from stiff bark.

関連する語

• artificial

Further reading

• artifice at OneLook Dictionary Search
• artifice in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.