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==Origins==
==Origins==
Anglo-Norman and Middle French artificiel (French artificiel) skilfully made or contrived, brought about by [[human]] skill or intervention (1267 in Old French), cunning, seeking to deceive (1532), unspontaneous, affected (c1537) and its etymon classical [[Latin]] artificilis made or contrived by [[art]] (used by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintilian Quintilian] in [[rhetoric]]al [[context]], [[translating]] ancient [[Greek]] ), in post-classical Latin also prescribed by [[art]], [[scientific]] (4th or 5th cent.; 14th cent. in a British source), produced by human skill (from 9th cent. in British sources), skilled, artistic, involving craftsmanship (from 12th cent. in British sources) < artificium ARTIFICE n. + -lis -AL suffix1. Compare Old Occitan artificial (14th cent.), Catalan artificial (1272), Spanish artificial (c1250), Portuguese artificial (14th cent.), Italian artificiale (a1294).
Anglo-Norman and Middle French artificiel (French artificiel) skilfully made or contrived, brought about by [[human]] skill or intervention (1267 in Old French), cunning, seeking to deceive (1532), unspontaneous, affected (c1537) and its etymon classical [[Latin]] artificilis made or contrived by [[art]] (used by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintilian Quintilian] in [[rhetoric]]al [[context]], [[translating]] ancient [[Greek]] ), in post-classical Latin also prescribed by [[art]], [[scientific]] (4th or 5th cent.; 14th cent. in a British source), produced by human skill (from 9th cent. in British sources), skilled, artistic, involving craftsmanship (from 12th cent. in British sources) < artificium ARTIFICE n. + -lis -AL suffix1. Compare Old Occitan artificial (14th cent.), Catalan artificial (1272), Spanish artificial (c1250), Portuguese artificial (14th cent.), Italian artificiale (a1294).
==Definitions==
==Definitions==
*A. Adjective.
*A. Adjective.
:II. Of or relating to [[art]] or [[science]].
:II. Of or relating to [[art]] or [[science]].
::6. According to the principles of an art or science; scientific, systematic. Now rare except in artificial [[music]], used in translating or referring to the work of the 14th-cent. French poet [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustache_Deschamps Eustache Deschamps].
::6. According to the principles of an art or science; scientific, systematic. Now rare except in artificial [[music]], used in translating or referring to the work of the 14th-cent. French poet [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustache_Deschamps Eustache Deschamps].
::7. Of or designating the [[practical]] arts or crafts; (esp. of [[language]]) technical. Obs.
::7. Of or designating the [[practical]] arts or crafts; (esp. of [[language]]) technical. Obs.
::10. Of workmanship, a [[method]], etc.: displaying technical skill; expert, ingenious. Obs.
::10. Of workmanship, a [[method]], etc.: displaying technical skill; expert, ingenious. Obs.
::11. [[Logic]]. Of an [[argument]]: relying on [[sound]] [[rational]] principles as opposed to [[authority]] or testimony. Cf. INARTIFICIAL adj. 3. Now hist. Used only in reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramist Ramist] [[logic]].
::11. [[Logic]]. Of an [[argument]]: relying on [[sound]] [[rational]] principles as opposed to [[authority]] or testimony. Cf. INARTIFICIAL adj. 3. Now hist. Used only in reference to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramist Ramist] [[logic]].
::12. Displaying [[education]] or [[training]]; [[scholar]]ly. Now rare.
::12. Displaying [[education]] or [[training]]; [[scholar]]ly. Now rare.
