Meanings
plural sublimities
- uncountableThe quality or state of being sublime.
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.
1838, Horace, “Satire IV”, in David Hunter, transl., The Satires and Epistles of Horace, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], →OCLC, book I, pages 20–21, lines 63–66Synonyms: sublime, sublimeness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality or state of being sublime.
nounSomething sublime.
Origin
- Latinsublīmitās
- Middle Frenchsublimité
- Middle Englishsublimite
- Englishsublimity
From Middle English sublimite, sublimitee, from Middle French sublimité and/or Latin sublīmitās. By surface analysis, sublime + -ity.
More words from Middle English, Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French sublimité
- sublimitéquality or state of being sublime
German Erhabenheit
- Erhabenheitquality or state of being sublime
Spanish sublimidad
- sublimidadquality or state of being sublime
Swedish upphöjdhet, sublimitet
- upphöjdhetquality or state of being sublime
- sublimitetquality or state of being sublime
Cite this entry
sublimity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sublimity
“sublimity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sublimity. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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