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Webster 1913 Edition
Esthetics
Æs-thet′ics
,Es-thet′ics
([GREEK]; 277)
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] perceptive, esp. by feeling, fr. [GREEK] to perceive, feel: cf. G.
ästhetik
, F. esthétique
.] 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.
Es′thete
,Noun.
Es-thet′ic
,Adj.
Es-thet′ic-al
,Adj.
Es-thet′ics
,Noun.