aesthete

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or es·thete (ĕs'thēt) pronunciation
n.
  1. One who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature.
  2. One whose pursuit and admiration of beauty is regarded as excessive or affected.

[Back-formation from AESTHETIC.]


Fowler's Modern English Usage:

aesthete, aesthetic

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are spelt with initial ae- in British English and pronounced ees-theet and ees-thet-ik. In American English they are often spelt esthete and esthetic, and are pronounced es-theet and es-thet-ik.

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Aesthete

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - æstet, skønånd

Nederlands (Dutch)
kunstgevoelige

Français (French)
n. - esthète

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ästhet, Ästhetiker

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - άτομο υψηλής αισθητικής καλλιέργειας, εστέτ

Italiano (Italian)
esteta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - esteta (m) (f)

Русский (Russian)
эстет

Español (Spanish)
n. - esteta

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - estet

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
审美家, 唯美主义者

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 審美家, 唯美主義者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 유미주의자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 唯美主義者, 審美家

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) محب ألجمال والفن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בעל טעם טוב, אסתטיקן‬


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Treffen in Travers (1989 Drama Film)
Bilder von Anderswo (1994 Film)
Aesthete (2007 Album by Coterie)