sublimity

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Etymology[edit]

sublime +‎ -ity, from Middle English sublimitee, sublimite, from Old French sublimité and/or Latin sublīmitas.

Noun[edit]

sublimity (countable and uncountable, plural sublimities)

  1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being sublime.
    Synonyms: (archaic) sublime, sublimeness
    • 1838, Horace, “Satire IV”, in David Hunter, transl., The Satires and Epistles of Horace, London: John W[illiam] Parker, [], →OCLC, book I, pages 20–21, lines 63–66:
      The frantic father struts the stage, / And swells with true sublimity of rage / Against his son, who leads a wanton life, / And scorns the offer of a dowried wife.
  2. (countable) Something sublime.
    Synonym: (archaic) sublime

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