sublimity
The quality or state of being sublimeThe quality or state of being sublime.
» I sought for pleasures, sublimities, truths, and so fell headlong into sorrows, confusions, errors.
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2 senses(uncountable)The quality or state of being sublime.
Erhabenheit
(countable)Something sublime.
- nobility in thought or feeling or style
Examples
2 sentencesI sought for pleasures, sublimities, truths, and so fell headlong into sorrows, confusions, errors.
With such scenes of calm sublimity the human heart sympathises even in its most disturbed moods.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English sublimite, sublimitee, from Middle French sublimité and/or Latin sublīFrom Middle English sublimite, sublimitee, from Middle French sublimité and/or Latin sublīmitās. By surface analysis, sublime + -ity.
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Forms
plural: sublimities| Singular | sublimity |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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