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Sublimity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of being sublime. uncountable

    "The frantic father struts the stage, / And swells with true sublimity of rage / Against his son, who leads a wanton life, / And scorns the offer of a dowried wife."

  2. 2
    nobility in thought or feeling or style wordnet
  3. 3
    Something sublime. countable

Etymology

From Middle English sublimite, sublimitee, from Middle French sublimité and/or Latin sublīmitās. By surface analysis, sublime + -ity.

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