An alternate or archaic spelling of 'aesthetic,' relating to beauty, art, and appreciation of beautiful things.
This is a variant spelling of aesthetic, from German 'Ästhetik' and Greek 'aisthetikos' (of sense perception). The variant spelling reflects older English transliteration practices.
This spelling variation shows how English borrowed the concept of aesthetics from German philosophers in the 1700s—different transliteration choices created spelling variants that some writers preferred, though 'aesthetic' eventually became standard.
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