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sublimity::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | grandeur, magnanimousness, nobility, nobleness |
| Derivation | sublime |
Examples of sublimity
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Why, in any case, should reveling in love's sublimity be considered some sort of handicap?
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When Muhsin Khan woke up, he was struck by a feeling of bewilderment, awe and sublimity.
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It has more depth, though perhaps less sublimity than the others.
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The scene is described as one of awful sublimity and grandeur.
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Jefferson was not corrupt, but he preached the sublimity of liberty and yet was a slave owner.
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True or false, there is a sublimity in the speculations of geologists which fascinates the imagination.
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That means close to 800 degrees, which is why home cooks can't approximate the sublimity the pros achieve.
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Huckleberry was filled with admiration of Tom's facility in writing, and the sublimity of his language.
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Yr's paintings both celebrate nature's sublimity and intentionally disorient the viewer's sense of place.
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- Nobility in thought or feeling or style
- (sublime) empyreal: inspiring awe; "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin; "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso; "the sublime beauty of the night"
- (sublime) vaporize and then condense right back again
- (sublime) change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated"
- (sublime) reverend: worthy of adoration or reverence
- (sublime) lifted up or set high; "their hearts were jocund and sublime"- Milton
- In aesthetics, the sublime (from the Latin sublu012Bmis) is the quality of greatness, whether physical, moral, intellectual, metaphysical, aesthetic, spiritual, or artistic. The term especially refers to a greatness beyond all possibility of calculation, measurement, or imitation.
- Sublimity is the third studio album by British post-rock band Transmission.
- Sublimity (Foaled 23 April 2000) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse whose Flat racing and hurdling career was highlighted in 2007 when he won the Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. ...
