aesthete
a person who has or affects great sensitivity to beauty, especially in art and literature
Word origin: From Greek aisthetes, one who perceives, from aisthanesthai to perceive.
Aesthete in a sentence
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A self-proclaimed aesthete, she refused to furnish her apartment with anything mass-produced.
An ardent aesthete, the curator could spend an hour discussing the interplay of light in a single canvas.
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The novelist's late style is admired precisely for its blank: every superfluous phrase has been pared away, leaving prose of startling economy.
Using “aesthete” well
Aesthete names someone with a refined, sometimes affected sensitivity to beauty, especially in art. The tone can be admiring or faintly mocking, hinting at preciousness, as the synonym dilettante suggests.
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