Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The condition or quality of being sublime; loftiness of sentiment or style; sublimity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being sublime; sublimity.
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- noun The quality or state of being
sublime ;sublimity .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He lost the popular vote or did you not notice that in your snarky sublimeness?
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In “Last Argument of Kings”, his deft plotting attains a similar sublimeness.
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We had a nice lasagne, nothing unique or special or different or noteworthy; just layer upon layer of cheesy, tomatoey, meaty, bechamel cheese-saucey and pasta-y sublimeness, all topped with a crust that was just turning golden-brown and was still bubbling when it was brought to the table.
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The scene in the Blues Club, is one of the best seems EVER in that genre, how can they even begin to touch the sublimeness of the original work, Bradley Whitford as the jerk who stands her up, come on, no one, NO ONE can tackle that role.
'Adventures in Babysitting': Ready for the remake? | EW.com 2006
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We had a nice lasagne, nothing unique or special or different or noteworthy; just layer upon layer of cheesy, tomatoey, meaty, bechamel cheese-saucey and pasta-y sublimeness, all topped with a crust that was just turning golden-brown and was still bubbling when it was brought to the table.
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Should he become weary of his sublimeness, this sublime one, then only will his beauty begin — and then only will I taste him and find him savoury.
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"Oh, if only I could have your sublimeness of correctness, your wiseness."
Alvin Journeyman Card, Orson Scott 1995
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Here in this sublimeness Eve grew up with Adam, and the Serpent was their servant.
The Secret of the Creation Howard D. Pollyen
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Should he become weary of his sublimeness, this sublime one, then only will his beauty begin-and then only will I taste him and find him savoury.
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Should he become weary of his sublimeness, this sublime one, then only will his beauty begin -- and then only will I taste him and find him savoury.
Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 1872
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