Oversublime

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Excessively sublime.

    "In the heady early eighties, things got a little oversublime, Reader's Digest suggesting that thousands of missing children are murdered each year (it's closer to one hundred) […]"

Example

More examples

"In the heady early eighties, things got a little oversublime, Reader's Digest suggesting that thousands of missing children are murdered each year (it's closer to one hundred) […]"

Etymology

From over- + sublime.

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