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sublime adj 1 said of someone: displaying the highest or noblest nature, especially in terms of their morality, intellectuality, spirituality, etc. 2 said of something in nature, art, etc: overwhelmingly great; supreme; awe-inspiring. 3 loosely unsurpassed. noun (the sublime) the ultimate or ideal example or instance. verb (sublimed, subliming) tr & intr, chem 1 to heat (a substance) and convert it from its solid state into a vapour or gas without an intermediate liquid stage, usually allowing it to resolidify. 2 said of a substance: to change from a solid to a vapour without passing through the liquid state. sublimely adverb. sublimity or sublimeness noun. go from the sublime to the ridiculous to pass from something serious, elevated, etc to something silly or trivial.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin sublimis in a high position.
sublime adj 1 said of someone: displaying the highest or noblest nature, especially in terms of their morality, intellectuality, spirituality, etc. 2 said of something in nature, art, etc: overwhelmingly great; supreme; awe-inspiring. 3 loosely unsurpassed. noun (the sublime) the ultimate or ideal example or instance. verb (sublimed, subliming) tr & intr, chem 1 to heat (a substance) and convert it from its solid state into a vapour or gas without an intermediate liquid stage, usually allowing it to resolidify. 2 said of a substance: to change from a solid to a vapour without passing through the liquid state. sublimely adverb. sublimity or sublimeness noun. go from the sublime to the ridiculous to pass from something serious, elevated, etc to something silly or trivial.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin sublimis in a high position.
sublime adj 1 said of someone: displaying the highest or noblest nature, especially in terms of their morality, intellectuality, spirituality, etc. 2 said of something in nature, art, etc: overwhelmingly great; supreme; awe-inspiring. 3 loosely unsurpassed. noun (the sublime) the ultimate or ideal example or instance. verb (sublimed, subliming) tr & intr, chem 1 to heat (a substance) and convert it from its solid state into a vapour or gas without an intermediate liquid stage, usually allowing it to resolidify. 2 said of a substance: to change from a solid to a vapour without passing through the liquid state. sublimely adverb. sublimity or sublimeness noun. go from the sublime to the ridiculous to pass from something serious, elevated, etc to something silly or trivial.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin sublimis in a high position.
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