aesthete

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The gentle aesthete was a furious Celt.

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  1. noun One who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature.
  2. noun One whose pursuit and admiration of beauty is regarded as excessive or affected.

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  • In the same way Shakespeare's men of action are mere sketches in comparison with the intimate detailed portrait of the aesthete-philosopher-poet with his sensuous, gentle, melancholy temperament. —  The Man Shakespeare
  • “That of aesthete was perhaps the most interesting available.” He frowned, a narrow X forming between his brows. —  Aeon One
  • Bruno suddenly turned aesthete, visiting the Museum of Modern Art, standing a long time in front of Guernica , very close to a quiet man. —  MacInnes, Helen - The Venetian Affair
  • The cruise doc was essentially an advertisement funded by the cruise company, but it had aroused the enthusiasm of the super-aesthete audience Emory's family had been dealing with artists for a hundred and fifty years. —  Asimov'sSF,August2007
  • He's a cutthroat aesthete, taking advantage of America's cosmopolitan opportunity. —  New York Press
 

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