callaestheticscallestheticsn.

1847 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. (rev. ed.) II. 569 Since..æsthetics would naturally denote the doctrine of perception in general..and since the essential point in the philosophy now spoken of [sc. the theory of the Fine Arts] is that it attends to beauty..I should propose the term Callæsthetics, or rather Callæsthetic.

1899 Guy's Hosp. Gaz. 29 July 323/1 The poorer classes..have neither the time to devote to the study of callaesthetics, nor yet the wherewithal to purchase artificial foods for their infants, they must perforce use nature's fount.

1903 Items of Interest 25 647 Were you as well versed in callesthetics you could as readily detect the defacing effects of these same bungling errors on the distorted lines of the face.

1995 R. N. Haldipur in M. L. Dewan Towards Sustainable Society 204 We are living in an age of ambiguity and uncertainty and callaesthetics—the science of the perception of beauty, form, elegance, grace and sublimity—has lost its meaning.