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aesthete

[ es-theetor, especially British, ees- ]

noun

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

    Synonyms: connoisseur

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

    Synonyms: dilettante



aesthete

/ ˈiːsθiːt /

noun

  1. a person who has or who affects a highly developed appreciation of beauty, esp in poetry and the visual arts
“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
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  • hyper·aesthete noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of aesthete1

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

Origin of aesthete1

C19: back formation from aesthetics
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Example Sentences

Now, there is Eggers’ film: the aesthete’s rendition, concerned with how the past works blur into the now.

From Salon

It telegraphs that Abigail is no barbaric horror fiend but instead a sophisticated aesthete, which makes her both scarier and funnier.

The most numerous of these organs are called aesthetes, small sensory structures found in the outermost layer of the shells of all chitons.

This is not a colony of “tiny houses,” popular among minimalists and aesthetes looking to simplify their lives.

As the plot swings between slightly overbearing teen angst and extrapolations into quantum physics — itself an extended metaphor for the angst-inducing, open-ended possibilities of adolescence — the art in-jokes feel like a concession to adult aesthetes.

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