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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sub•lime /səˈblaɪm/USA pronunciation adj. - elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc.
- impressing the mind with a sense of grandness or power.
- supreme or outstanding:a sublime dinner.
n. [uncountable] - the sublime:
- the realm of things that are sublime:from the sublime to the ridiculous.
- the greatest or supreme degree.
See -lim-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sub•lime (sə blīm′),USA pronunciation adj., n., v., -limed, -lim•ing. adj. - elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc.: Paradise Lost is sublime poetry.
- impressing the mind with a sense of grandeur or power;
inspiring awe, veneration, etc.:Switzerland has sublime scenery. - supreme or outstanding:a sublime dinner.
- complete;
absolute;
utter:sublime stupidity. - [Archaic.]
- of lofty bearing.
- haughty.
- [Archaic.]raised high;
high up.
n. - the sublime:
- the realm of things that are sublime:the sublime in art.
- the quality of sublimity.
- the greatest or supreme degree.
v.t. - to make higher, nobler, or purer.
- 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.
v.i. - Chemistryto volatilize from the solid state to a gas, and then condense again as a solid without passing through the liquid state.
- Latin sublimāre to raise, derivative of sublimis
- Old French sublimer
- Latin sublīmis high, equivalent. to sub- sub- + an element of uncertain origin, originally, variously identified with līmis, līmus oblique or līmen lintel, threshold; (verb, verbal) Middle English sublimen
- (noun, nominal and adjective, adjectival) 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged exalted, noble.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged magnificent, superb, august, grand, gorgeous, resplendent, imposing, majestic.
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