Plural of esthete; multiple people who are devoted to art, beauty, and refined sensory enjoyment.
From Greek 'aisthetikos' + English plural '-s'. The term gained prominence through 19th-century aesthetic movements in Europe.
In the 1890s, esthetes were actually mocked for caring *too much* about beautiful things—they were the original 'art snobs' who inspired parodies and satirical cartoons!
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