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Definition of Esthetes
1. esthete [n] - See also: esthete
Lexicographical Neighbors of Esthetes
Literary usage of Esthetes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Heretics by Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1905)
"VI — Christmas and the esthetes world is round, so round that the schools of
optimism and pessimism have been arguing from the beginning whether it is the ..."
2. John Bull and His Island by Max O'Rell (1884)
"The Women—esthetes—When an Englishwoman limps all the Englishwomen limp—French
Girls and English Girls—Liberty and Independence—Breach of Promise—Matrimony ..."
3. Degeneration by Max Simon Nordau (1895)
"DECADENTS AND esthetes. As on the death of Alexander the Great his generals fell
on the conqueror's empire, and each one seized a portion of land, ..."
4. Literary News by L. Pylodet, Augusta Harriet (Garrigue) Leypoldt (1882)
"The "esthetes" are associated in the popular mind with the " Pre-Raphaelites ;"
but it ... esthetes," have apparently no men of strength in their ranks. ..."
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