aesthete

[ es-theet or, especially British, ees- ]

/ ˈɛs θit or, especially British, ˈis- /

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noun

a person who has or professes to have refined sensitivity toward the beauties of art or nature.

a person who affects great love of art, music, poetry, etc., and indifference to practical matters.

Also esthete.

Origin of aesthete

1880–85; <Greek aisthētḗs one who perceives, equivalent to aisthē- (variant stem of aisthánesthai to perceive) + -tēs noun suffix denoting agent

SYNONYMS FOR aesthete

1 connoisseur.

2 dilettante.

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OTHER WORDS FROM aesthete

hy·per·aes·thete, noun

Words nearby aesthete

aesthesiogenesis, aesthesiogenic, aesthesiometer, aesthesiometry, aesthesiophysiology, aesthete, aesthetic, aesthetical, aesthetically, aesthetic distance, aesthetician

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Example sentences from the Web for aesthete

The trouble was that the fight took on a life of its own, until the warrior in Hilton nearly crushed the aesthete.
In Memoriam: Hilton Kramer|David Frum|April 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He makes people who I call the aesthete—who have a very specific aesthetic point of view.
Louboutin Looks Back|Isabel Wilkinson|November 3, 2011|DAILY BEAST
But Becky Sharp's eyes also were green, and the green of the aesthete does not suggest innocence.
Prose Fancies (Second Series)|Richard Le Gallienne
Aesthete and libertine alike sink to the lower level of pleasure, and their emotions become obscene.
The Evolution of Love|Emil Lucka

We see that the man whose success is merely personal—the actor, the sophist, the millionaire, the aesthete—is incurably vulgar.
Soliloquies in England|George Santayana
Her favourite strong blues and purples would have struck painfully on the refined colour-sense of an aesthete.
Fan|W.H. Hudson (AKA Henry Harford)
The aesthete who had so touched him with his impassioned voice, was going to say the saving word.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse|Vicente Blasco Ibanez

British Dictionary definitions for aesthete

aesthete

US esthete

/ (ˈiːsθiːt) /

noun

a person who has or who affects a highly developed appreciation of beauty, esp in poetry and the visual arts

Word Origin for aesthete

C19: back formation from aesthetics

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单词	aesthete
释义	aesthete [ es-theet or, especially British, ees- ] / ˈɛs θit or, especially British, ˈis- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR aesthete ON THESAURUS.COM noun a person who has or professes to have refined sensitivity toward the beauties of art or nature. a person who affects great love of art, music, poetry, etc., and indifference to practical matters. Also esthete. Origin of aesthete 1880–85; <Greek aisthētḗs one who perceives, equivalent to aisthē- (variant stem of aisthánesthai to perceive) + -tēs noun suffix denoting agent SYNONYMS FOR aesthete 1 connoisseur. 2 dilettante. SEE SYNONYMS FOR aesthete ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM aesthete hy·per·aes·thete, noun Words nearby aesthete aesthesiogenesis, aesthesiogenic, aesthesiometer, aesthesiometry, aesthesiophysiology, aesthete, aesthetic, aesthetical, aesthetically, aesthetic distance, aesthetician Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for aesthete The trouble was that the fight took on a life of its own, until the warrior in Hilton nearly crushed the aesthete. In Memoriam: Hilton Kramer\|David Frum\|April 11, 2012\|DAILY BEAST He makes people who I call the aesthete—who have a very specific aesthetic point of view. Louboutin Looks Back\|Isabel Wilkinson\|November 3, 2011\|DAILY BEAST But Becky Sharp's eyes also were green, and the green of the aesthete does not suggest innocence. Prose Fancies (Second Series)\|Richard Le Gallienne Aesthete and libertine alike sink to the lower level of pleasure, and their emotions become obscene. The Evolution of Love\|Emil Lucka We see that the man whose success is merely personal—the actor, the sophist, the millionaire, the aesthete—is incurably vulgar. Soliloquies in England\|George Santayana Her favourite strong blues and purples would have struck painfully on the refined colour-sense of an aesthete. Fan\|W.H. Hudson (AKA Henry Harford) The aesthete who had so touched him with his impassioned voice, was going to say the saving word. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse\|Vicente Blasco Ibanez British Dictionary definitions for aesthete aesthete US esthete / (ˈiːsθiːt) / noun a person who has or who affects a highly developed appreciation of beauty, esp in poetry and the visual arts Word Origin for aesthete C19: back formation from aesthetics Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to aesthete dilettante, connoisseur, esthete
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aesthete

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British Dictionary definitions for aesthete

US esthete

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