sublime

See also: sublimé

English

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aɪm

Etymology 1

From Middle English sublimen, from Old French sublimer, from Latin sublimō (“to raise on high; to sublimate (in Medieval Latin)”).

Verb

sublime (third-person singular simple present sublimes, present participle subliming, simple past and past participle sublimed)

  1. (chemistry, physics) To sublimate.
  2. To raise on high.
    • E. P. Whipple
      A soul sublimed by an idea above the region of vanity and conceit.
  3. To exalt; to heighten; to improve; to purify.
    • Alexander Pope
      The sun […] / Which not alone the southern wit sublimes, / But ripens spirits in cold, northern climes.
  4. To dignify; to ennoble.
    • Jeremy Taylor
      An ordinary gift cannot sublime a person to a supernatural employment.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle French sublime, from Latin sublīmis (“high”), from sub- (“up to, upwards”) + a root of uncertain affiliation often identified with Latin līmis, ablative singular of līmus (“oblique”) or līmen (“threshold, entrance, lintel”)

Adjective

sublime (comparative sublimer, superlative sublimest)

  1. Noble and majestic.
    • De Quincey
      the sublime Julian leader
  2. Impressive and awe-inspiring, yet simple.
    sublime scenery; a sublime deed
    • Prior
      Easy in words thy style, in sense sublime.
    • Longfellow
      Know how sublime a thing it is / To suffer and be strong.
  3. (obsolete) Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.
    • Dryden
      Sublime on these a tower of steel is reared.
  4. (obsolete) Elevated by joy; elated.
    • Milton
      Their hearts were jocund and sublime, / Drunk with idolatry, drunk with wine.
  5. Lofty of mien; haughty; proud.
    • Spenser
      countenance sublime and insolent
    • Milton
      His fair, large front and eye sublime declared / Absolute rule.
Translations

Noun

sublime (plural sublimes)

  1. Something sublime.
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Anagrams

Danish

Adjective

sublime

  1. definite of sublim
  2. plural of sublim

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sy.blim/
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Adjective

sublime (plural sublimes)

  1. sublime, extraordinary

Verb

sublime

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sublimer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of sublimer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of sublimer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of sublimer
  5. second-person singular imperative of sublimer

Further reading

German

Adjective

sublime

  1. inflected form of sublim

Italian

Adjective

sublime (masculine and feminine plural sublimi)

  1. sublime

Latin

Adjective

sublīme

  1. vocative masculine singular of sublīmus

References

  • sublime in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sublime in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sublime in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to fly aloft; to be carried into the sky: sublimem or sublime (not in sublime or sublimiter) ferri, abire

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sublīmus.

Adjective

sublime m, f (plural sublimes)

  1. sublime (noble, majestic, magnificent, etc.)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin sublīmis.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /su.ˈbli.mɪ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.ˈbli.mɨ/
  • Hyphenation: su‧bli‧me

Adjective

sublime (plural, comparable)

  1. sublime

Noun

sublime m, f (plural sublimes)

  1. sublime

Verb

sublime

  1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of sublimar
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of sublimar
  3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of sublimar
  4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of sublimar
  • sublimável
  • sublimidade

Spanish

Adjective

sublime (plural sublimes)

  1. sublime

Verb

sublime

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of sublimar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of sublimar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of sublimar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of sublimar.
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