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sublimities

sublimities is the plural of sublimity.

Meaning of sublimity

Noun

sublimity (countable and uncountable, plural sublimities)

  1. (uncountable) The 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 63–66
    Synonyms:
    sublime, sublimeness
  2. (countable) Something sublime.
    Synonyms:
    sublime

Questions about sublimities

What is sublimities the plural of?
Sublimities is the plural of sublimity.

Words near sublimities in the dictionary

  1. sublimish
  2. sublimising
  3. sublimit
  4. sublimitation
  5. sublimitations
  6. sublimities
  7. sublimits
  8. sublimity
  9. sublimize
  10. sublimized
  11. sublimizes

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