aesthete

See also: æsthete

English

Alternative forms

• esthete
• æsthete (chiefly UK)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αἰσθητής (aisthētḗs, “one who perceives”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĕsthētʹ, IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.θiːt/
• Rhymes: -iːt

• Audio (US):

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Noun

aesthete (plural aesthetes)

1. Someone who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature.
   • 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 159:

     Although Stanley was the political operator while Pick was the aesthete, it was Stanley who made the early running in Underground design.

Derived terms

• anaesthete
• synaesthete

Related terms

• aesthetic

Translations

someone who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature

• Catalan: esteta m or f
• Czech: estét m
• Dutch: estheet (nl) m
• Finnish: esteetikko
• French: esthète (fr) m or f
• Georgian: ესთეტი (esteṭi)
• German: Ästhet (de) m, Ästhetin (de) f, Schöngeist (de) m
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• Greek: εστέτ (el) m or f (estét)
• Hungarian: esztéta (hu)
• Irish: aeistéit
• Italian: esteta (it) m or f
• Polish: esteta (pl) m
• Portuguese: esteta (pt) m or f
• Russian: эсте́т (ru) m (estɛ́t)
• Spanish: esteta m or f