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noun
The quality or state of being sublime.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: sublime, sublimeness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Something sublime.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: sublime
Antonyms: none provided
noun
nobility in thought or feeling or style
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: nobility, nobleness, magnanimousness, grandeur
History
From Middle English sublimite, sublimitee, from Middle French sublimité and/or Latin sublīmitās. By surface analysis, sublime + -ity.
Across languages
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