'Sublimest' definitions:

Definition of 'Sublimest'

From: GCIDE
  • Sublime \Sub*lime"\, a. [Compar. Sublimer; superl. Sublimest.] [L. sublimis; sub under + (perhaps) a word akin to limen lintel, sill, thus meaning, up to the lintel: cf. F. sublime. Cf. Eliminate.]
  • 1. Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty. [1913 Webster]
  • Sublime on these a tower of steel is reared. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Distinguished by lofty or noble traits; eminent; -- said of persons. "The sublime Julian leader." --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Awakening or expressing the emotion of awe, adoration, veneration, heroic resolve, etc.; dignified; grand; solemn; stately; -- said of an impressive object in nature, of an action, of a discourse, of a work of art, of a spectacle, etc.; as, sublime scenery; a sublime deed. [1913 Webster]
  • Easy in words thy style, in sense sublime. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
  • Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Elevated by joy; elate. [Poetic] [1913 Webster]
  • Their hearts were jocund and sublime, Drunk with idolatry, drunk with wine. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Lofty of mien; haughty; proud. [Poetic] "Countenance sublime and insolent." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • His fair, large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Exalted; lofty; noble; majestic. See Grand. [1913 Webster]