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EESTH-eet/ˈiːsθiːt/

An aesthete is a person who has, or claims, a special love of art and beauty (UK spelling): a refined aesthete, aesthete of design. Aesthetic (already in the dictionary) is the adjective of beauty as art; prosaic (already in the dictionary) is plain and unimaginative — the opposite flavour. Fastidious (already in the dictionary) is fussy about details, not about beauty as a creed. Taste in the film still dates the ethics form.

Meaning

A person who has, or claims, a special love of art and beauty (UK spelling).

Examples

• “An aesthete of the brand film still has to date the ethics form.”
• “Aesthetic is of beauty as art (already in C1). Prosaic is plain and dull (already in C2) — the contrast. Fastidious is fussy about details (already in C2). Feeling on the screen can be exact. Feeling instead of a dated clause is theatre. Write the date; then the vision.”

Good to know

A devotee of beauty (UK spelling). Adjective: aesthetic (already in C1). Contrast: prosaic (plain — already in C2); fastidious (fussy — already in C2). Taste ≠ an ethics date.

Near in meaning

connoisseur, lover of beauty, stylist, dilettante

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