Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aesthetic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
AEsthetic \[AE]s*thet"ic\, AEsthetical \[AE]s*thet"ic*al\,a.
Of or Pertaining to [ae]sthetics; versed in [ae]sthetics; as,
[ae]sthetic studies, emotions, ideas, persons, etc. --
{[AE]s*thet"ic*al*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aesthetic
adj 1: relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics;
"aesthetic values" [syn: {esthetic}]
2: concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or
good taste; "the aesthetic faculties"; "an aesthetic
person"; "aesthetic feeling"; "the illustrations made the
book an aesthetic success" [syn: {esthetic}, {aesthetical},
{esthetical}] [ant: {inaesthetic}]
3: aesthetically pleasing; "an artistic flower arrangement"
[syn: {esthetic}, {artistic}, {pleasing}]
n : a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful; "he despised
the esthetic of minimalism" [syn: {esthetic}]
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