Sublime
[suh-blahym]
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adjective
1.
elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc.: Paradise Lost is sublime poetry.
2.
impressing the mind with a sense of grandeur or power; inspiring awe, veneration, etc.:
Switzerland has sublime scenery.
3.
supreme or outstanding:
a sublime dinner.
4.
complete; absolute; utter:
sublime stupidity.
5.
Archaic.
of lofty bearing.
haughty.
6.
Archaic. raised high; high up.
noun
7.
the sublime.
the realm of things that are sublime:
the sublime in art.
the quality of being sublime:
the sublime of nature.
the greatest or supreme degree.
verb (used with object), sublimed, subliming.
8.
to make higher, nobler, or purer.
9.
Chemistry.
to convert (a solid substance) by heat into a vapor, which on cooling condenses again to solid form, without apparent liquefaction.
to cause to be given off by this or some analogous process.
verb (used without object), sublimed, subliming.
10.
Chemistry. to volatilize from the solid state to a gas, and then condense again as a solid without passing through the liquid state.
Origin of sublime
Latin
1350-14001350-1400; (noun and adj.) < Latin sublīmis high, equivalent to sub- sub- + an element of uncertain origin, variously identified with līmis, līmus oblique or līmen lintel, threshold; (v.) Middle English sublimen < Old French sublimer < Latin sublimāre to raise, derivative of sublimis
Related forms
sublimely, adverb
sublimeness, noun
sublimer, noun
unsublimed, adjective
Can be confused Expand
sublimate, sublime.