sublime (adj.)

1580年代, “以高扬的方式表达崇高的思想”, 来自法语 sublime (15世纪), 或直接来自拉丁语 sublimis “高高在上, 高高在上, 高高在上, 崇高的, 杰出的, 杰出的”, 可能最初是“斜向门楣”, 来自 sub “高达” (见 sub-) + limen “门楣, 门槛, 窗台” (见 limit (n．) ). The sublime (n.) “任何事物的崇高部分, 那是庄严的或气派的” 出自1670年代. 对于 Sublime Porte 奥斯曼政府的旧称, 见 Porte.

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sub-

word-forming element meaning "under, beneath; behind; from under; resulting from further division," from Latin preposition sub "under, below, beneath, at the foot of," also "close to, up to, towards;" of time, "within, during;" figuratively "subject to, in the power of;" also "a little, somewhat" (as in sub-horridus "somewhat rough"), from PIE *(s)up- (perhaps representing *ex-upo-), a variant form of the root *upo "under," also "up from under." The Latin word also was used as a prefix and in various combinations.

In Latin assimilated to following -c-, -f-, -g-, -p-, and often -r- and -m-. In Old French the prefix appears in the full Latin form only "in learned adoptions of old Latin compounds" [OED], and in popular use it was represented by sous-, sou-; as in French souvenir from Latin subvenire, souscrire (Old French souzescrire) from subscribere, etc.

The original meaning is now obscured in many words from Latin (suggest, suspect, subject, etc.). The prefix is active in Modern English, sometimes meaning "subordinate" (as in subcontractor); "inferior" (17c., as in subhuman); "smaller" (18c.); "a part or division of" (c. 1800, as in subcontinent).

limit (n.)

c. 1400, "boundary, frontier," from Old French limite "a boundary," from Latin limitem (nominative limes) "a boundary, limit, border, embankment between fields," which is probably related to limen "threshold," and possibly from the base of limus "transverse, oblique," which is of uncertain origin. Originally of territory; general sense from early 15c. Colloquial sense of "the very extreme, the greatest degree imaginable" is from 1904.

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sublime (adj.)

inspiring awe; "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin; "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso;

the sublime beauty of the night

Synonyms: empyreal / empyrean

sublime (adj.)

worthy of adoration or reverence;

Synonyms: reverend

sublime (adj.)

lifted up or set high; "their hearts were jocund and sublime"- Milton;

sublime (adj.)

of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks;

Synonyms: exalted / elevated / grand / high-flown / high-minded / lofty / rarefied / rarified / idealistic / noble-minded

sublime (adj.)

greatest or maximal in degree; extreme;

the sublime absurdity of the creative process

His face assumed an expression of sublime conceit

Synonyms: supreme

sublime (v.)

vaporize and then condense right back again;

Synonyms: sublimate

sublime (v.)

change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting;

sublime iodine

some salts sublime when heated

Synonyms: sublimate

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