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aesthete

noun

aes·​thete ˈes-ˌthēt How to pronounce aesthete (audio)
 British usually  ˈēs-
variants or less commonly esthete
: one having or affecting sensitivity to the beautiful especially in art

Example Sentences

He regards art critics as a bunch of pretentious aesthetes.
Recent Examples on the Web Michael Cooper, Culture’s deputy editor for news, has edited my stories from Ukraine with a reporter’s acumen and an aesthete’s trained eye. New York Times, 31 July 2022 Or that having those organs removed through surgery has become, for a creepy rebel aesthete named Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen), a species of performance art? Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 May 2022 Drawing on the most up-to-date manuscript discoveries and scholarship, Sturgis delivers the fullest one-volume account of the iconic fin-de-siècle writer, aesthete, wit and gay martyr. Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2021 Wondering how to shop for the aesthete who is always going on about clean lines, symmetries and scale? Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021 While Le Corbusier was interested in reimagining practical dwellings for the masses (some of his most important projects were public housing developments), Mallet-Stevens was a pure aesthete. New York Times, 11 Oct. 2021 An ambitious aesthete who’s worked with words and images alike, Niquet leapt at the creative endeavor. Zoe Ruffner, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2021 Povey, an aesthete with money troubles, sent the kneeling statues to Blathwayt. Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2021 This attitude is exemplified by a new hotel, Piaule Catskill, which would satisfy any aesthete’s appetite. Sarah Spelling, Vogue, 21 July 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

probably derivative of aesthetic entry 1 or aesthetics, on the model of athletics : athlete and similar pairs

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of aesthete was in 1866

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