The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sublime \Sub*lime"\, a. [Compar. Sublimer; superl. Sublimest.] [L. sublimis; sub under + (perhaps) a word akin to limen lintel, sill, thus meaning, up to the lintel: cf. F. sublime. Cf. Eliminate.]
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Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.
Sublime on these a tower of steel is reared.
--Dryden. Distinguished by lofty or noble traits; eminent; -- said of persons. ``The sublime Julian leader.''
--De Quincey.-
Awakening or expressing the emotion of awe, adoration, veneration, heroic resolve, etc.; dignified; grand; solemn; stately; -- said of an impressive object in nature, of an action, of a discourse, of a work of art, of a spectacle, etc.; as, sublime scenery; a sublime deed.
Easy in words thy style, in sense sublime.
--Prior.Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
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Elevated by joy; elate. [Poetic]
Their hearts were jocund and sublime, Drunk with idolatry, drunk with wine.
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Lofty of mien; haughty; proud. [Poetic] ``Countenance sublime and insolent.''
--Spenser.His fair, large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule.
--Milton.Syn: Exalted; lofty; noble; majestic. See Grand.
Wiktionary
a. (en-superlative of: sublime)
Usage examples of "sublimest".
I was therefore compelled to have recourse to the curate of our parish, who Englished it thus, Let it be given to the worthiest: and his comment was, that the author meant his work should be dedicated to the sublimest genius of the age for wit learning, judgment, eloquence, and wisdom.
Now among all the rest, the profound number THREE is that which hath most employed my sublimest speculations, nor ever without wonderful delight.
It is really the sublimest thing between the Missouri and the Sierra Nevada.
They shook hands in silence, Hardy in vain struggling to repress the feelings of that most painful and yet sublimest moment.