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aesthete

[es-theet, ees-] / ˈɛs θit, ˈis- /
NOUN
person having great sensitivity to beauty
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She’s an aesthete run amok, determined to deface anything that doesn’t live up to her impossible standards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 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

What’s more, Swann, an aesthete and authority on Vermeer, finds her unintelligent.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022

A product of upper-tier English society, he was also an aesthete and idealist with decidedly romantic sensibilities.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer


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