esthetic, æsthetic (esthetik)

and n. [= F. esthétique = Sp. estético = Pg. esthetico = It. estetico, Comparative criticism teaches us that moral and es thetic defects are more nearly related than is commonly supposed. Lowell , Study Windows, p. 127. Beauty, if it does not take precedence of Utility, is certainly coeval with it; and when the first animal wants are satisfied, the æsthetic desires seek their gratification. G. H. Lewes, Probs. of Life and Mind, II. iv. § 18. 2. Having a sense of the beautiful; characterized by a love for the beautiful. On the whole, birds appear to be the most æsthetic of all animals, excepting of course man, and they have nearly the same taste for the beautiful as we have. Darwin, Descent of Man, II. 37. 3. Pertaining to the practice of the fine arts; pertaining to or accordant with the rules, principles, or tendencies of the fine arts: as, an IMG:content-0740.jpg:[graphic] Like combustion, which is only communicable under suitable conditions, consciousne , having been once trans mitted to a new æsthetophore, lives on it, and requires constant supplies of material for its sustenance. E. D. Cope , Amer. Naturalist, XVI. 467. esthiology, æsthiology (es-thi-ol'ō-ji), n. [Short for est hes i ology , asthesiology, q. v.] Same as esthophysiology . esthiomene (es-thi-om'e-ne), n. [NL., ἐσθιόμενος , ppr. mid. of ἐσθίειν , eat, corrode: see esthiomenous .] In pathol ., lupus of the genitals. [Rare.]