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sublimity

noun

Etymology

From Middle English sublimite, sublimitee, from Middle French sublimité and/or Latin sublīmitās. By surface analysis, sublime + -ity.

  1. derived from sublīmitās
  2. derived from sublimité
  3. inherited from sublimite

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being sublime.

    • 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. Something sublime.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sublimity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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