4 definitions found for [AE]sthetic

aesthetic
adj. & n. (US esthetic)
--adj.
1 concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.
2 having such appreciation; sensitive to beauty.
3 in accordance with the principles of good taste.
--n.
1 (in pl.) the philosophy of the beautiful, esp. in art.
2 a set of principles of good taste and the appreciation of beauty.
Derivatives:
aesthetically adv. aestheticism n.
Etymology: Gk aisthetikos f. aisthanomai perceive

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.

aesthetic a. ; (also aesthetical) Tasteful, gratifying to taste, beautiful, becoming, fit, appropriate, in good taste, referring to taste, concerning aesthetics, founded on the idea of beauty.

46 Moby Thesaurus words for "aesthetic": Attic, aesthetically appealing, art-conscious, artistic, arty, attractive, beauteous, beautiful, chaste, choice, classic, cultivated, discriminating, elegant, endowed with beauty, excellent, exquisite, eye-filling, fine, flowerlike, graceful, gracile, handsome, heavy, in good taste, lovely, of choice, of consummate art, of quality, ornamental, painterly, pleasing, pretty, pulchritudinous, pure, quiet, refined, restrained, sensitive, simple, subdued, tasteful, unaffected, understated, unobtrusive, well-chosen