Meaning & use

Esthete

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A person who has, or claims to have, a highly refined appreciation of beauty, especially in art.

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As an esthete, he could spend hours discussing the subtle color choices in a single painting.

The novel satirizes the esthete's tendency to value style over substance.

A note on using this word

An American spelling variant of 'aesthete'; both forms appear in dictionaries, though 'aesthete' is more common internationally.

Words with a similar meaning

aestheteconnoisseur

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