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aesthete

[es-theet, ees-] / ˈɛs θit, ˈis- /
NOUN
person having great sensitivity to beauty
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She is an aesthete, someone who likes to go to the race track just to revel in the colors on display there.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

He added: "Carpenter is above all a brilliant aesthete, her videos and album artwork uniformly inspired."

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025

Ludwig II of Bavaria was a zealous aesthete with enough personal wealth to treat part of what is now Germany as an architectural canvas.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2025

The British writer-director Peter Strickland is one of contemporary cinema’s last great weirdos, an aesthete and eccentric in an industry that increasingly values invisibility and homogeny.

From New York Times ● May 23, 2023

Darryl and Bruce played on the basketball team; Don, the aesthete among us, played soccer and tennis.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove


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