sublime

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sublime m e f sing (pl.: sublimi)

  1. di grande valore
  2. (per estensione) che trascende nel bene la "normalità"
  3. (raro) spiritualmente superiore
  4. (per estensione) (senso figurato) estremamente delizioso
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IPA: /suˈblime/

dal latino sublimis (formato da sub cioè "sotto" e limen ovvero "soglia"); significa quindi "che giunge fin sotto la soglia più alta"

Da non confondere con

(uso letterario): molto elevato
(senso figurato) :eccelso, sommo

sublime

  1. sublime, eccelso