sublime

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   lifted up or set high

   Their hearts were jocund and sublime- Milton.

2. 2
   verb

   change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting

   Sublime iodine.

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Simplified etymology

Sublime entered English in the mid-16th century from Latin sublimis, “in a high position” or “lofty,” probably formed from sub-, “up to,” and limen, “threshold” or “lintel.” It first meant “dignified” or “aloof.” The sense “outstandingly beautiful or grand” developed in the 17th century.

PIE word *upó Partly from the following: * From Middle English sublimen, sublime, sublyme (“to exalt, extol, glorify, honour; (alchemy) to refine (a substance) by vaporizing in a closed container; to obtain (a substance) by cooling vapour obtained through sublimation; to extract (a pure substance) from a mixture by sublimation; to sublimate (a substance)”), from Middle French sublimer, Old French sublimer (“to exalt, glorify, honour; to refine (a substance) by vaporizing in a closed container; of a substance: to undergo sublimation”) (modern French sublimer), and from its etymon Latin sublīmār...

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