SUBLIME (2)

sublime (2). Sublime, n. a lofty or grand style, sublimity

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Sub‐lime″, n. That which is sublime; — with the definite article; as: (a) A grand or lofty style in speaking or writing; a style that expresses lofty conceptions. The sublime rises from the nobleness of thoughts, the magnificence of words, or the harmonious and lively turn of the phrase. Addison. (b) That which is grand in nature or art, as distinguished from the merely beautiful.