aesthetic

adjective

/iːsˈθetɪk/, /esˈθetɪk/

/esˈθetɪk/

(North American English also esthetic)

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connected with beauty and art and the understanding of beautiful things
- the aesthetic appeal of the songs
- an aesthetic appreciation of the landscape
- The works of art are judged on purely aesthetic grounds.
- The benefits of conservation are both financial and aesthetic.
made in an artistic way and beautiful to look at
- Their furniture was more aesthetic than functional.

Word Originlate 18th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to perception by the senses’): from Greek aisthētikos, from aisthēta ‘perceptible things’, from aisthesthai ‘perceive’. The sense ‘concerned with beauty’ was first used in German in the mid 18th cent. and adopted into English in the early 19th cent., but its use was controversial until much later in the century.

aesthetic

noun

/iːsˈθetɪk/, /esˈθetɪk/

/esˈθetɪk/

(North American English also esthetic)

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[countable] the qualities and ideas in a work of art or literature that relate to beauty and the nature of art
- The students debated the aesthetic of the poems.
aesthetics
[uncountable] the branch of philosophy that studies the principles of beauty, especially in art

单词	aesthetic
释义	aesthetic adjective /iːsˈθetɪk/, /esˈθetɪk/ /esˈθetɪk/ (North American English also esthetic) jump to other results connected with beauty and art and the understanding of beautiful things the aesthetic appeal of the songs an aesthetic appreciation of the landscape The works of art are judged on purely aesthetic grounds. The benefits of conservation are both financial and aesthetic. made in an artistic way and beautiful to look at Their furniture was more aesthetic than functional. Word Originlate 18th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to perception by the senses’): from Greek aisthētikos, from aisthēta ‘perceptible things’, from aisthesthai ‘perceive’. The sense ‘concerned with beauty’ was first used in German in the mid 18th cent. and adopted into English in the early 19th cent., but its use was controversial until much later in the century. aesthetic noun /iːsˈθetɪk/, /esˈθetɪk/ /esˈθetɪk/ (North American English also esthetic) jump to other results [countable] the qualities and ideas in a work of art or literature that relate to beauty and the nature of art The students debated the aesthetic of the poems. aesthetics [uncountable] the branch of philosophy that studies the principles of beauty, especially in art Word Originlate 18th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to perception by the senses’): from Greek aisthētikos, from aisthēta ‘perceptible things’, from aisthesthai ‘perceive’. The sense ‘concerned with beauty’ was first used in German in the mid 18th cent. and adopted into English in the early 19th cent., but its use was controversial until much later in the century.
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