sublimenessn.

Brit.

/səˈblʌɪmnᵻs/, U.S.

/səˈblaɪmnᵻs/

Forms: see sublime adj. and n. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sublime adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < sublime adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier sublimity n.

The quality or condition of being sublime (in various senses); sublimity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [noun]

pricea1275

sovereigntyc1340

primacyc1384

sublimityc1429

vassalagec1430

precellence?a1439

pre-excellencec1450

pre-eminencec1460

superexcellencec1475

chief1519

pre-eminency1523

greaterness1540

precellency1557

superexcellency?1563

divinenessa1586

superancya1586

sublimenessa1599

pre-excellency1603

especialness1614

transcendencea1616

transcendency1615

transcendentness1625

top1627

antecellency1657

quality1665

transcendingness1730

transcendentalism1841

surpassingness1879

transcendentality1881

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > loftiness or grandiloquence

magnificence1481

stateliness1550

sublimity1581

grandiloquence1589

sublimenessa1599

magniloquency1615

magniloquence1623

elevationa1639

rotundity1655

grandiloquy1656

magniloquy1656

grandeur1657

loftiness1663

magnificentness1727

altiloquence1775

grandiosity1801

grandioso1816

grandiloquent1829

ororotundity1831

ororotundoism1840

orotundity1909

a1599 R. Rollock Lect. Hist. Passion (1616) xliii. 423 He is exalted in a wonderfull sublimenesse.

1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 335 Neither does..the sublimeness of his Argument make his discourse obscure.

1734 T. Burnet Life Author in Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time II. 675 Mr. Nairn was..remarkable for..Strength of Reasoning and Sublimeness of Thought.

1752 True Briton 20 Sept. 106 As to the Things above our Comprehension, Part thereof may probably arise from..the Sublimeness of the Subjects they are conversant about.

1838 M. Samuels in tr. M. Mendelssohn Jerusalem II. Addenda 276 The sublimeness and inspiration of the Psalms and the prophetic orations.

1854 N. Wiseman Fabiola ii. xxxii. 343 I cannot see any way in which the sublimeness of the act could have been enhanced.

1905 Sunset Mag. May 82/2 Drink in the pictorial sublimeness of real snow peaks of mountains that rival the Alp in grandeur.

1960 Amer. Econ. Rev. 50 1067 Occasionally one would prefer a little less heavenly sublimeness and a few more earthly facts.

2009 J. Hehir Bedbugs iii. 60 Rice, broth, chicken, spring onion—savoury sublimeness and very cheap.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sublimeness
释义	sublimenessn. Brit. /səˈblʌɪmnᵻs/, U.S. /səˈblaɪmnᵻs/ Forms: see sublime adj. and n. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sublime adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < sublime adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier sublimity n. The quality or condition of being sublime (in various senses); sublimity. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [noun] pricea1275 sovereigntyc1340 primacyc1384 sublimityc1429 vassalagec1430 precellence?a1439 pre-excellencec1450 pre-eminencec1460 superexcellencec1475 chief1519 pre-eminency1523 greaterness1540 precellency1557 superexcellency?1563 divinenessa1586 superancya1586 sublimenessa1599 pre-excellency1603 especialness1614 transcendencea1616 transcendency1615 transcendentness1625 top1627 antecellency1657 quality1665 transcendingness1730 transcendentalism1841 surpassingness1879 transcendentality1881 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > loftiness or grandiloquence magnificence1481 stateliness1550 sublimity1581 grandiloquence1589 sublimenessa1599 magniloquency1615 magniloquence1623 elevationa1639 rotundity1655 grandiloquy1656 magniloquy1656 grandeur1657 loftiness1663 magnificentness1727 altiloquence1775 grandiosity1801 grandioso1816 grandiloquent1829 ororotundity1831 ororotundoism1840 orotundity1909 a1599 R. Rollock Lect. Hist. Passion (1616) xliii. 423 He is exalted in a wonderfull sublimenesse. 1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 335 Neither does..the sublimeness of his Argument make his discourse obscure. 1734 T. Burnet Life Author in Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time II. 675 Mr. Nairn was..remarkable for..Strength of Reasoning and Sublimeness of Thought. 1752 True Briton 20 Sept. 106 As to the Things above our Comprehension, Part thereof may probably arise from..the Sublimeness of the Subjects they are conversant about. 1838 M. Samuels in tr. M. Mendelssohn Jerusalem II. Addenda 276 The sublimeness and inspiration of the Psalms and the prophetic orations. 1854 N. Wiseman Fabiola ii. xxxii. 343 I cannot see any way in which the sublimeness of the act could have been enhanced. 1905 Sunset Mag. May 82/2 Drink in the pictorial sublimeness of real snow peaks of mountains that rival the Alp in grandeur. 1960 Amer. Econ. Rev. 50 1067 Occasionally one would prefer a little less heavenly sublimeness and a few more earthly facts. 2009 J. Hehir Bedbugs iii. 60 Rice, broth, chicken, spring onion—savoury sublimeness and very cheap. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1599
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