aestheticise

See also: æstheticise

English

Alternative forms

• estheticise
• aestheticize, estheticize (US)
• æstheticise, æstheticize (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis-dʰh₁

Proto-Hellenic *awistʰomai

Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Ancient Greek αἴσθησῐς (aísthēsĭs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)

Ancient Greek αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós)bor.

Latin aesthēticusder.

German Ästhetikder.

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New Latin aesthēticusbor.

French esthétiqueder.

English aesthetic

English -ise

English aestheticise

From aesthetic + -ise.

Verb

aestheticise (third-person singular simple present aestheticises, present participle aestheticising, simple past and past participle aestheticised)

1. (British spelling) To make aesthetic; to show something at its best, most pleasing or most artistic.

Derived terms

• unaestheticised

Translations

to make aesthetic

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 審美化 / 审美化 (shěnměihuà)

• Portuguese: estetizar
• Swedish: estetisera