esteem 
attachment, the result of the mental process of reckoning 
up the merits or useful qualities of a person : as, he Is held 
taverynnenlMtMM. t\<lii,irin has covered the MI- -:M i 
ings of both. Kl/muh' ami otfiviii. ;,Vx,,.r( is commonly the 
result of admiration and approbation; as, he Is entitle*! 
lo our mi/ret for his abilities ami Ilia probity; It omits, 
sometimes |iinteilly, the attachment expressed in 
Kei/artt may include less admiration than rettju'ct and be 
not quite so strung us ettfrui, lint its meaning la not 
rli>M t\ tlxeil ill quality or decree. 
The nearest practical approach to the theological ((/ 
unit'- of a sin may be found in the ranks of the ascetics. 
l,:-i-kii. Europ. Morals, I. 117. 
Tin' trial hath imlaniaged thue no way, 
Kather more h >nr left, and more erteein. 
Milton, P. K., Iv. 207. 
Dear as freedom Is, and in my heart's 
Just 1'Mtiiitiitiun priz'd above all price. 
Cowper, Task, li. 34. 
Eiliinuliim of one's society is a rellex of self-estimation ; 
and assertion of one's society's claims is an indirect asser- 
tion of one's own claims as a part of it. 
//. Spencer, Study of Sociol., p. 265. 
Peel, too, had, oven at the beginning of his career, too 
great a rrKj*ft for his own character to allow himself to 
be dragged through the dirt by hia superior colleagues. 
W. K. Greg, Misc. Essays, 2d ser., p. 220. 
A generation whom his choice regard 
.Should favour equal to the sons of heaven. 
Milton, P. L., i. 653. 
esteemable (es-te'ma-bl), a. [< esteem + -able. 
Cf. estimable.] Worthy of esteem; estimable. 
[Rare.] 
Homer . . . allows their characters etteemaUe qualities. 
Pope, Iliad, vi. 390, note. 
esteemer (es-te'rner), n. One who esteems; 
one who sets a high value on anything. 
This might instruct the proudest eateemer of his own 
parts, how useful it ia to talk and consult with others. 
Locke. 
ester (es't6r), n. Same as compound ether (which 
see, under ether). 
esthacyte (es'tha-sit), n. [Irreg. < Gr. a'taOa- 
veaQat, perceive, feel, + (error, a hollow (cell).] 
One of the supposed sense-cells of sponges. 
See the extract. Also amthacyte. 
jKithacytn were first observed by Stewart and have 
since Iwen described by Von Lendenfeld. . . . They are 
spindle-shaped cells, . . . the distal end projects beyond 
the ectodermal epithelium in a fine hair or palpocil ; the 
body is granular and contains a large oval nucleus, and the 
inner end is produced into fine threads which extend into 
the collenchyme and are supposed ... to become con- 
tinuous with large multiradiate collencytes. 
SoUat, Encyc. Brit., XXII. 420. 
esthematology, aesthematology (es-the-ma- 
tol'o-ji), . [< Gr. aio<tt/[ia(T-), a perception 
(< ataOavcaOai, alo6ea6at, perceive: see esthetic), 
+ -toyia, < Myeiv, speak : see -ology.] That de- 
partment of science which relates to the senses, 
or the apparatus of the senses. 
Estheria (es-the'ri-a), n. [NL., said to be an 
anagram of the name of St. Theresa.] 1. A 
genus of dipterous insects. Desvoidy, 1830. 2. 
The typical genus of crustaceans of the family 
Estheriid(e. The origin of the species dates 
back to the Devonian epoch, and they are still 
existent. 
estherian (es-the'ri-an), a. and n. I. a. Per- 
taining to the Esther'Udo". 
II. n. One of the Estheriida. 
EstheriidaB (es-the-ri'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Es- 
theria + -i(la?.] A family of Crustacea, of the 
order Phyllopoda or Brunchiopoda, represented 
by such genera as Estheria, Limnadia, and Lim- 
n'l'tix. The shell 
is bivalve; the an- 
tenna; are highly 
developed; the an- 
tenimhe small ; the 
swimming-feet from 
10 to 27 in numlier ; 
the telson is large, 
witli a pair of ap- 
IH-nitages ; and one 
or more pairs of legs 
are chelate in the 
male. The soft bi- 
valve carapace re- 
sembles that of 
Ditfihnia ; but the 
numerous segment* 
of the body and the 
foliaceous limbs are those of typical Phyllopoda. The 
males are equal in number to the females, or may exceed 
them. The structure of the family is clearly illustrated 
under I.iinn'ti*. \\^\ r:ill<<t l.iimmdiida. 
esthesia, . Sec nvthi-ain. 
esthesiogen, aesthesiogen (es-the'si-o-jen), n. 
[< Gr. aiatfr/oif, feeling (see wsthesia), + -jfi'w. 
producing: sec -?/<.] A substance whose con- 
tact with or proximity to the body is supposed 
to give rise to certain unexplained nervous ac- 
tions or affections, as exalted sensation. Proe. 
NI'. /Vi/r/i. AY*., Oct., 1880, p. 150. 
Esthesiometer. 
Estlttria cali/orHica, highly magnified. 
2011 
esthesiogenic, aesthesiogenic (es-the'si-o-jen'- 
ikj.d. [< cut/if HUH/' ii. ii'xtlii'siiigen, + -ic.] Per- 
taining to an esthesiogeu or to esthesiogeny. 
.Esthesioijemc points are developed. 
Amer. Jour. Ptychol., I. 499. 
esthesiogeny, aesthesiogeny (es-the-si-oi'e-ui), 
n. [As i-stlirxini/iii. irxilicxiiM/CH, + -y.] The 
action of an esthesiogen ; the induction of ex- 
alted sensations. 
The transference of hemlansesthesia by magnets (the 
form of lentltegioyeny which has been most debated). 
/'. I)'. //. Myert, Proc. Stic. Psych. Res., Oct., 18S8, p. 151. 
esthesiography, aesthesiography (es-the-si- 
og'ra-fi), n. [< Gr. aiaOqotf, feeling, + -ypafia, 
< ypaifftv, write.] A description of or a trea- 
tise on the organs of sense. 
esthesiology, aesthesiology (es-the-si-ol'o-ji), 
n. [< Gr. aiottyo-if, perception, + -/oj-i'a, < foyetv, 
speak: see -ology.] That branch of science 
which is concerned with sensations. Dunglison. 
esthesiometer, aesthesiome- 
ter (es-the-si-om'e-ter), n. 
[< Gr. aiafh/eir., feeling, + /ii- 
rpov, measure.] An instru- 
ment for determining the de- 
gree of tactile sensibility. 
It resembles a pair of dividers, hav- 
ing the points or extremities of the 
legs somewhat blunted. The two 
points are pressed upon the skin, 
and the distance between them 
necessary to their being distin- 
guished as two, as shown on the 
scale, gives the degree of tactile 
sensibility of the skin at that spot. 
esthesioneurosis, aesthesio- 
neurosis (es-the'si-o-nu-ro'- 
sis), n. [NL. asthesioneuro- 
sis, < Gr. aiaffitaif, perception, 
+ vcvpov, nerve, + -oxi's.J An 
affection of sensation, espe- 
cially when marked by no dis- 
coverable anatomical lesion. 
It is applicable to cases in which there is loss of sensation 
in a part (anaesthesia) ; loss of the sense of pain (analgesia); 
pain on slight stimulation (hyperalgesia) ; and formication 
and other disorders of sensation. 
esthesionosus, aesthesionosus (es-the-si-on'o- 
sus), H. [NL. a;sthesionosus, < Gr. aiaO^aif, per- 
ception (see (fsthesia), + vdtrof, disease.] Same 
as esthesioneurosis. 
esthesis, aesthesis (es-the'sis), . [NL. asthesis, 
< Gr. aiattr/atf. see axthesia.] Same as assthesia. 
esthesodic, aesthesodic (es-the-sod'ik), a. [< 
Gr. aiafo/oif, sensation, + <wioc, a road, a way.] 
Inphysiol., sensitive; sensory; conveying sen- 
sory impulses or impressions. 
He [Schiff] named it the <xthetodic substance. 
Quoted In A", and Q., 7th ser., I. 304. 
esthete, aesthete (es'thet), n. [< esthetic, es- 
thetic, formed after the analogy of athlete, ath- 
letic. ] 1 . Properly, one who c ulti vates the sense 
of the beautiful ; one in whom the artistic sense 
or faculty is highly developed ; one very sensi- 
ble of the beauties of nature or art. 2. Com- 
monly, a person who affects great love of art, 
music, poetry, and the like, and corresponding 
indifference to practical matters ; one who car- 
ries the cultivation of subordinate forms of the 
beautiful to an exaggerated extent: used in 
slight contempt. 
You perhaps mean the mania of the asthetet boudoir 
pictures with Meissonier as the chief deity an art of 
mere fashions and whims. 
.1. It. White, Century's Message, p. 16. 
esthetic, aesthetic (es-thet'ik), a. and n. [= 
F. 1'xt/ivtii/ni = Sp. estetico = Pg. esthetico = It. 
estetico, < Gr. euoA/roeof, perceptive, sensitive, < 
aiaforrof, perceptible by the senses (cf . alaOr/ai^, 
perception), < aiadaveaOai, alaOeadat, perceive by 
the senses, extended from aiciv, hear, perceive, 
akin to L. audire, hear: see audient.] I. a. 1. 
Pertaining to the science of taste or beauty ; 
pertaining to or originating in the sense of the 
beautiful : as, the esthetic faculty. 
Comparative criticism teaches us that moral and tru- 
thrtii- defects are more nearly related than is commonly 
supposed. Lmcell, Study Windows, p. 127. 
Beauty, if it does not take precedence of Utility, is cer- 
tainly coeval with it ; and when the first animal wants 
are satisfied, the (fsthetic desires seek their gratification. 
6. H. Lcmt, Probs, of Life and Mind, II. Iv. 5 is. 
2. Having a sense of the beautiful ; character- 
ized by a love for the beautiful. 
On the whole, birds appear to be the most asthetic of 
all animals, excepting of course man, and they have nearly 
the same taste for the beautiful as we have. 
Darwin, Descent of Man, II. 37. 
3. Pertaining to the practice of the fine arts; 
pertaining to or accordant with the rules, prin- 
ciples, or tendencies of the fine arts : as. an 
Esthonian 
esthetic pose; esthetic dress. 4. In the Kantian 
jihilos., pertaining to sensation or the sensi- 
bility; sensuous.- Esthetic accent. See accent, 8 
(a). Esthetic certainty, flint kiml of certainty which 
can be proilneeil 1>\ inductive reasoning; seieutn. 
tainly, asoppc.Bi-d tii phlliiMiphieal or dinciinivv eertainty. 
Esthetic clearness, -ee ri,-ururu. Esthetic per- 
fection, beauty Esthetic sense, the mental power to 
perceive and appreciate the beautiful. 
II. H. 1. The science of beauty. See esthetics. 
It Is now nearly a century since Baumgarten, a cele- 
brated philosopher of the Lelbnitzio-VVolflan school, first 
applied the term authetic to the doctrine which we vaguely 
and perlphrastlcally denominate the philosophy of taste, 
the theory of the fine arts, the science of the beautiful ami 
sublime, etc. ; and this term is now In general acceptance, 
not only in Germany, but throughout the other countries 
of Europe. Sir If. llatailtnn. 
2. In the Kantian philos., the forms of sensa- 
tion (space and time), or of sensibility Tran- 
scendental esthetic, in the Kantian jihilut.. the science 
of the a priori principles of sensibility, space, and time. 
Its main proposition, according to Kant, is that space and 
time are pure Intuitions and forms of sensibility, not 
things, or fonus of things, independent of the perceiving 
esthetical (es-thet'i-kal), a. [< esthetic + -at.] 
Same as esthetic. 
esthetically, aesthetically (es-thet'i-kal-i), 
adv. According to the principles of esthetics ; 
with reference to the sense of the beautiful. 
Bowles, in losing his temper, lost also what little logic 
he had, and though. In a vague way, cetthetically right, 
contrived always to be argumentatlvely wrong. 
Lowell, Study Windows, p. 430. 
In the evening ... I again repaired to the " Navel of 
the World " ; this time trtthrtically to enjoy the delights 
of the hour after the "gaudy, babbling, and remorseful 
day." Jt. F. Burton, Kl-Medinah, p. 396. 
esthetician, aesthetician (es-the-tish'an), . 
[< esthetic, testhetic, + -ian.] One skilled or en- 
gaged in the study of esthetics ; a professor of 
esthetics. 
estheticism, aestheticism (es-thet'i-sizm), . 
[< esthetic, (esthetic, + -ism.] 1. The principles 
or doctrines of esthetics. 2. Attachment to 
esthetics ; a tendency to indulge and cultivate 
the sense of the beautiful : often used in a dis- 
paraging sense, to imply an exaggerated devo- 
tion to the subordinate forms of the beautiful, 
which often results in mere whimsicality or gro- 
tesqueness. 
estheticize, aestheticize (es-thet'i-siz), v. t.; 
pret. and pp. estheticized, aestlietieiied, ppr. es- 
theticizing, a-stheticizing. |X esthetic, aesthetic, 
+ -ize.] To render esthetic ; bring into con- 
formity with the principles of esthetics. 
SehiLsler speaks of these essays lot English writers] as 
" Empiristic eesthetics," tending In one direction to raw 
materialism, in the other, by want of method, never lift- 
ing itself above the plane of "an irxtt/eticixiivi dilettante- 
ism." J. Sully, Encyc. Brit., I. 221. 
esthetics, aesthetics (es-thet'iks), n. [PI. of 
esthetic, esthetic : see -ics.] The science which 
deduces from nature and taste the rules and 
principles of art; the theory of the fine arts; 
the science of the beautiful, or that branch of 
philosophy which deals with its principles ; the 
doctrines of taste. 
The name Jiithetics Is Intended to designate a scientific 
doctrine or account of beauty in nature and art, and of 
the faculties for enjoying and for originating beauty which 
exist In man. Encyc. Brit., IX. 194. 
Categorical aathetia are useless, because the final judg- 
ment of the world on questions of taste Is intuitive. 
Edinburgh Ret., CLXIII. 466. 
esthetophore, aesthetophore (es-thet'o-for), 
M. [< Gr. aiafoiTos, sensible, perceptible by 
the senses (see esthetic), + -$6poc, < fyipetv = E. 
beari.] A hypothetical substance which may 
sustain consciousness ; a supposed physical 
basis of consciousness and primary means of 
its manifestation other than ordinary matter. 
Like combustion, which is only communicable under 
suitable conditions, consciousness, having been once trans- 
mitted to a new atthetophore, lives on it, and requires eon- 
stunt supplies of material for its sustenance. 
E. D. Cope, Amer. Naturalist, XVI. 467. 
esthiology, aesthiology (es-thi-ol'o-ji), . 
[Short for esthesiology, a'sthesiology, q. v. ] Same 
as esthophysiology. 
esthiomene (es-thi-om'e-ne), n. [NL., < Gr. 
iadiontvri, fem. of ea6i6fimof, ppr. mid. of iodieiv, 
eat, corrode: see esthiomenous.] lupathol., lu- 
pus of the genitals. [Rare.] 
esthiomenous (es-thi-om'e-nns), a. [< Gr. 
eaffid^fvof, ppr. mid. of iaOiciv, eat, corrode.] 
In pathol., eating; corroding: applied to dis- 
eases which quickly eat away the part affected, 
as in syphilis or cancer. 
Esthonian (es-tho'ni-au), a. and n. [< Estho- 
nia + -OH.] I. . Of or pertaining to Esthonia, 
a government of Russia lying between the gulf 
