Definition of aesthete

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aes·thete or es·thete

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NOUN:

One who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature.
One whose pursuit and admiration of beauty is regarded as excessive or affected.

ETYMOLOGY:
Back-formation from aesthetic

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