aesthete

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aes·thete, esthete /ˈiːsθiːt $ ˈes-/ noun [countable] formal AART/CULTUREsomeone who loves and understands beautiful things, such as art and music 审美家，〔美术、音乐等〕鉴赏家

Examples from the Corpus

aesthete• Don't we have in him a formalist, in fact an aesthete?• Among other traits of character, Xerxes was an aesthete.• The president of the bank was a hard-faced aesthete with cheekbones so deeply indented that he appeared skull-like under harsh ceiling lights.• Ever the aesthete, he admits that the container looks hideous but he likes the elegance of a dedicated storage system.• For he is the AESTHETE, as I had Yeats speak of him.• Perish that one might be polite or circumspect - such is the mark of the aesthete.Origin aesthete (1800-1900) aesthetic

aes·thete nounChineseSyllable

loves and things, someone understands who Corpus beautiful

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