aesthetic
concerned with beauty, taste, or sense experience
Root
- aesth: sense, perception, feeling, or beauty
Other words with the aesth root
- anesthesia: loss of sensation or feeling
Aesthetic begins with sense and perception before it becomes beauty or style.
The old library had an aesthetic appeal that no modern room in the building matched.
Aesthetic now often means beauty, taste, or style. The older root begins nearer sense and perception. Anesthesia helps: no sensation. Aesthetic judgment starts with what is sensed and felt.