decorative and architectural style popular from 1925-1940, attested from 1966, from shortening of French art décoratif, literally "decorative art" (see decorative); the French phrase is from the title of L'Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, held in Paris 1925.
arson
arsonist
arsy-versy
art
art brut
art deco
art nouveau
Artaxerxes
artefact
Artemis
arterial
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