adj.
Variant: also esthetic
Function: noun
Date: 1822
1 plural but singular or plural in construction : a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste and with the creation and appreciation of beauty
2 : a particular theory or conception of beauty or art : a particular taste for or approach to what is pleasing to the senses and especially sight <modernist aesthetic s > <staging new ballets which reflected the aesthetic of the new nation ― Mary Clarke & Clement Crisp>
3 plural : a pleasing appearance or effect : BEAUTY <appreciated the aesthetic s of the gemstones>