| 单词 | aesthete |
| 释义 | aesthete (once / 38375 pages) n Someone who claims to be concerned only with matters of art and beauty is known as an aesthete. Depending on the way he goes about it, he might also be known as a snob. The Greeks considered an aisthētḗs as "one who feels." It's from this idea of emotional sensitivity that the word aesthete came about in the late 19th Century as a noun for someone who greatly appreciates beauty and the arts. An aesthete doesn’t have to be wealthy or highly educated. You can be a hotel maid who stops cleaning to absorb a strain of Beethoven and be as much an aesthete as the poet who writes about the splendor of a leaf. WORD FAMILYaesthete: aesthetes USAGE EXAMPLESClark used this inheritance to become a great aesthete. The New Yorker(Dec 21, 2016) A director manqué, and something of an aesthete, he traded antiques as a youth to put himself through drama school. New York Times(Dec 07, 2016) Benjamin Albucker is, by his own description, an exacting, opinionated, slightly neurotic aesthete. New York Times(Oct 03, 2016) n one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature Syn|Hyper esthete cognoscente, connoisseur an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts |
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