esthetic

[es-thet-ik] Example Sentences Origin

es·thet·ic

[es-thet-ik]
adjective, noun
non·es·thet·ic, adjective
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Esthetic is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Example Sentences
  • All combine technical sophistication with esthetic appeal, echoing the art styles popular when they were produced.
  • One can't help but notice the esthetic poverty of the postwar buildings in the area.
  • But so are its less visited valleys, fertile esthetic ecosystems half hidden from view but teeming with life.
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World English Dictionary
aesthetic or esthetic (iːsˈθɛtɪk, ɪs-)
 
adj
1.  connected with aesthetics or its principles
2.  a.  relating to pure beauty rather than to other considerations
 b.  artistic or relating to good taste: an aesthetic consideration
 
n
3.  a principle of taste or style adopted by a particular person, group, or culture: the Bauhaus aesthetic of functional modernity
 
esthetic or esthetic
 
adj
 
n
 
aes'thetically or esthetic
 
adv
 
es'thetically or esthetic
 
adv

esthete (ˈiːsθiːt)
 
n
a US spelling of aesthete
 
esthetic
 
adj
 
es'thetical
 
adj
 
es'thetically
 
adv
 
esthetician
 
n
 
es'theticism
 
n
 
es'thetics
 
n

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Word Origin & History

esthetic
alternate form of aesthetic (see aesthetic). Also see æ. Related: esthetical; esthetically; esthetician; esthetics
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Medical Dictionary

esthetic es·thet·ic (ěs-thět'ĭk)
adj.
Variant of aesthetic.

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