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oversublime

adj

Etymology

From over- + sublime.

  1. derived from *Heh₃l-✻ — “to bend”
  2. derived from sublīmāre
  3. derived from sublimer — “to exalt, glorify, honour; to refine (a substance) by vaporizing in a closed container; of a substance: to undergo sublimation”
  4. derived from sublimer
  5. inherited from sublimen
  6. prefixed as oversublime — “over + sublime”

Definitions

  1. Excessively sublime.

    • In the heady early eighties, things got a little oversublime, Reader's Digest suggesting that thousands of missing children are murdered each year (it's closer to one hundred) […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA