aesthete
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θit Also, esthete.
Origin:
1880–85; < Greek aisthētḗs one who perceives, equivalent to aisthē- (variant stem of aisthánesthai to perceive) + -tēs noun suffix denoting agent
1880–85; < Greek aisthētḗs one who perceives, equivalent to aisthē- (variant stem of aisthánesthai to perceive) + -tēs noun suffix denoting agent
Related forms
hy·per·aes·thete, noun
Synonyms
1. connoisseur. 2. dilettante.
1. connoisseur. 2. dilettante.
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| a person who has or who affects a highly developed appreciation of beauty, esp in poetry and the visual arts | |
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| esthete or (US) esthete | |
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Word Origin & History
aesthete
1881, from Gk. aisthetes "one who perceives," from aisthanesthai "to perceive, to feel" (see aesthetic).
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Example sentences
He is at once a gabby, wide-eyed enthusiast and an epigram-spouting aesthete.
At prep school and Princeton he shone more as a bookish aesthete than a scholar.
He combines an aesthete's sensibility with, even after his road accident, a swagman's build and vigour.
He was part anthropologist, part yearbook photographer, part aesthete.
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