Alt. of Esthetics
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Alt. of Esthetics
1. The theory or philosophy of taste; the science of the beautiful in nature and art; esp. that which treats of the expression and embodiment of beauty by art.
Taste Roget’s Thesaurus §850
N. taste, good taste, refined taste, #cultivated taste, delicacy, refinement, fine feeling, gust, gusto, #tact, finesse, nicety, τὸ πρέπον, #polish, elegance, grace, judgment, discernment, dilettantism, dilettanteism, virtu, fine art, culture, cultivation, aesthetics, man of taste &c, connoisseur, judge, critic, conoscente, virtuoso, amateur, dilettante, aristarchus, corinthian, arbiter elegantiarum, stagirite, euphemist, "caviare to the general"
Adj. in good taste, cute, tasteful, tasty, unaffected, pure, chaste, classical, attic, cultivated, refined, dainty, esthetic, aesthetic, artistic, elegant, euphemistic, to one's taste, to one's mind, after one's fancy, comme il faut, tiré à quatre épingles
Adv. elegantly
Phr. nihil tetigit quod non ornavit, chacun à son goût, oculi pictura tenentur aures cantibus
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