Word of the Day: ARTIFICE

A crafty or cunning contrivance

artifice (noun) - crafty or subtle deception; a clever or cunning skill, strategy, or creation [ahr-tuh-fis]

BREAKDOWN: ART- (skill or craft) + FIC- (make or do)

• an artificer is a skilled or creative craftsman or inventor

• artificial means man made, contrived, or constructed rather than natural or organic

See also: suffice, beneficiary, edifice, officious, ramification

“Art is the same word as artifice, that is to say, something deceitful. It must succeed in giving the impression of nature by false means.” —Edgar Degas

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