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English
Etymology
sublime + -ity, from Middle English sublimitee, sublimite, from Old French sublimité and/or Latin sublīmitas.
Noun
sublimity (countable and uncountable, plural sublimities)
- (uncountable) The quality or state of being sublime.
- Synonyms: (archaic) sublime, sublimeness
1838, Horace, “Satire IV”, in David Hunter, transl., The Satires and Epistles of Horace, London: John W Parker, , →OCLC, book I, pages 20–21, lines 63–66: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.
- (countable) Something sublime.
- Synonym: (archaic) sublime
Translations
quality or state of being sublime