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aesthete

PRONUNCIATION: (\ES-theet) MEANING: (noun), One having or affecting great sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature. ETYMOLOGY: Aesthete is from Greek aisthetes, “one who perceives,” from aisthanesthai, “to perceive.” USAGE: “Steve was an aesthete with a connoisseur’s eye for … Continue reading

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