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单词 philocalist
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philocalistn.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ϕιλόκαλος , -ist suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ϕιλόκαλος loving beauty ( < ϕιλο- philo- comb. form + καλός beautiful: see calo- comb. form) + -ist suffix.
Obsolete. rare.
A lover of beautiful things.
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the mind > attention and judgement > aesthetics > [noun] > aesthete
aesthetician1829
decorist1839
aestheticist1851
philocalist1858
aesthete1866
1858 J. Brown Horæ Subsecivæ 426 This poor..creature, was a philocalist: he had a singular love of flowers and of beautiful women.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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