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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.

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

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aesthete

/ ˈːθː /

noun

  1. a person who has or who affects a highly developed appreciation of beauty, esp in poetry and the visual arts
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • p·tٱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of aesthete1

1880–85; < Greek ٳŧḗs one who perceives, equivalent to ٳŧ- (variant stem of ٳáԱٳ󲹾 to perceive) + noun suffix denoting agent
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of aesthete1

C19: back formation from aesthetics
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Now, there is Eggers’ film: the aesthete’s rendition, concerned with how the past works blur into the now.

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

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

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

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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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