aesthetic
Concerned with beauty, artistic effect, or appearance.
Adjective 1 meaning
Concerned with beauty, artistic effect, or appearance.
“It works well enough, but the shabby exterior offends his aesthetic sensibilities.”
Noun 3 meanings
The study of art or beauty.
That which appeals to the senses.
The set of artistic motifs defining a collection of things, especially works of art; more broadly, their aura or “vibe”.
“Her most recent works have this quirky, nonchalant aesthetic inspired by ’90s teen culture.”
Etymology
From German Ästhetik or French esthétique, both from New Latin aesthēticus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós, “of sense perception”), from αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “to feel”); analysable as aesthe(sis) + -tic.
AESTHETIC at a glance
AESTHETIC has 9 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (A 1 + E 1 + S 1 + T 1 + H 4 + E 1 + T 1 + I 1 + C 3) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,751 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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