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aesthete

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈiːsθiːt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈɛsθit/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(es′thēt or, esp. Brit., ēs′-)

aes•thete or es•thete /ˈɛsθit/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

a person who has or claims to have great sensitivity toward the beauties of art.

aes•thete (es′thēt or, esp. Brit., ēs′-),USA pronunciation n.

a person who has or professes to have refined sensitivity toward the beauties of art or nature.
a person who affects great love of art, music, poetry, etc., and indifference to practical matters.

Also, esthete.

Greek aisthēté̄s one who perceives, equivalent. to aisthē- (variant stem of aisthánesthai to perceive) + -tēs noun, nominal suffix denoting agent
1880–85

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aesthete, sometimes US esthete /ˈiːsθiːt/ n