airtist

English

Etymology

Blend of airbrush +‎ artist.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛəˌtɪst/, /ˈɛˌ-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɚˌtɪst/, /ˈɛɹˌ-/

Noun

airtist (plural airtists)

1. (slang, rare) An artist who uses airbrushes.
   • 1998 July 12, Wayne Bisso, “Gina G”, in alt.airbrush.art‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Greetings, annoucing a new airtist site.

   • 2002 March 23, C. Baltrinic, “Newbie airbrush woes”, in rec.models.scale‎^[2] (Usenet):

     One of the lastest issues of FINE SCALE MODELER has a long article on cleaning airbrushes. […] I guess they are great for T-Shirt airtists, but not for me ;-P

   • 2003 May 20, victor maldonado, “Career Challenges...”, in adobe.photoshop.macintosh‎^[3] (Usenet):

     I've been a photographer (both in cinematography and still photgraphy) and airbrush airtist (surfboards and paintings) since 1971.

Scots

Noun

airtist (plural airtists)

1. artist
   • 2017, Stuart McHardy, The Wey Forrit: A Polemic in Scots‎^[4], Edinburgh: Luath Press, →ISBN:

     Bein an airtist, like maist o 'his sort', he didnae mak eneugh money bi the standarts set doun bi oor Government, an she, bein likewise 'a creative', didnae mak up the differ fer the baith o them, an sae he cuidna bide.

     Being an 'artist', like most of 'his sort', he didn't make enough money by the standards set down by our Government, and she, being likewise 'a creative', didn't make up the difference for the both of them, and so he couldn't stay.

References

• Eagle, Andy, editor (2025), “airtist”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎^[5]
• William Gilchrist Graham (1978) “airtist”, in The Scots Word Book, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: Ramsay Head Press, →ISBN, page 119