The Only Use of
aesthetic
in
The Great Gatsby
- ...for a transitory enchanted moment man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent, compelled into an aesthetic contemplation he neither understood nor desired...
p. 180.5aesthetic = referring to one's sense of what is beautifulunconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it esthetic.
Definition:
related to beauty or good taste -- often referring to one's appreciation of beauty or one's sense of what is beautiful
or:
beautiful or tasteful
or:
beautiful or tasteful