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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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: aesthetic, esthetic, aesthetical, esthetical] [ant: inaesthetic, unaesthetic]
2: relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics; "aesthetic values" [syn: aesthetic, esthetic]
3: aesthetically pleasing; "an artistic flower arrangement" [syn: aesthetic, esthetic, artistic] n
1: (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful; "he despised the esthetic of minimalism" [syn: aesthetic, esthetic]

Merriam Webster's

variant of aesthetic

Oxford Reference Dictionary

US var. of AESTHETIC.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Esthete Es"thete, n.; Esthetic Es*thet"ic, a., Esthetical Es*thet"ic*al, a., Esthetics Es*thet"ics, n. etc. Same as [AE]sthete, [AE]sthetic, [AE]sthetical, [AE]sthetics, etc.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see aesthetic