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Decorous vs Aesthete - What's the difference?

decorous | aesthete |

As an adjective decorous

is marked by proper behavior.

As a noun aesthete is

someone who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature.

decorous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Marked by proper behavior. (rfex)
  • * 1919 ,
  • But who can fathom the subtleties of the human heart? Certainly not those who expect from it only decorous sentiments and normal emotions.

    aesthete

    Alternative forms

    * esthete * (chiefly UK)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature.
  • Derived terms

    * anaesthete * synaesthete