Wiktionary:Word of the day/2023/October 25

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Word of the day
for October 25
sublime adj
  1. (chiefly poetic, archaic or obsolete) High, tall, towering; also, positioned in a high place; high-up, lofty.
  2. (figurative)
    1. Of an aspect of art or nature: causing awe or deep respect due to its beauty or magnificence; awe-inspiring, impressive.
    2. Of flight: ascending, soaring.
    3. Of an idea or other thing: requiring great intellectual effort to appreciate or understand; very elevated, refined, or subtle.
    4. Of language, style, or writing: expressing opinions in a grand way.
    5. Of a person or their actions or qualities: intellectually, morally, or spiritually superior.
    6. Of an office or status: very high; exalted; also, used as an honorific (often capitalized as Sublime) to refer to someone of high office or status, especially the Ottoman sultan; or to things associated with such a person.
    7. Of a thing: consummate, perfect; (informal, loosely) excellent, marvellous, wonderful.
    8. (chiefly poetic, archaic) Of a person: dignified, majestic, noble.
    9. (chiefly poetic, archaic) Of a person: haughty, proud.
    10. (informal, chiefly in the negative) Complete, downright, utter.
  3. (obsolete)
    1. (figurative)
      1. Elevated by joy; elated.
      2. Of a substance: purified, refined; hence, of the highest quality.
    2. (poetic, postpositive) Of arms: lifted up, raised.
    3. (anatomy) Of a muscle (especially the flexor digitorum superficialis muscle of the forearm which lies above the flexor digitorum profundus muscle): positioned above another muscle; superficial.
    4. (pathology) Of breathing: very laboured.
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