adj. & v.
--adj. (sublimer, sublimest)
1. of the most exalted, grand, or noble kind; awe-inspiring (sublime genius).
2 (of indifference, impudence, etc.) arrogantly unruffled.
--v.
1. tr. & intr. Chem. SUBLIMATE v. 2.
2 tr. purify or elevate by or as if by sublimation; make sublime.
3 intr. become pure by or as if by sublimation.
Phrases and idioms:
Sublime Porte see PORTE.
Derivatives:
sublimely adv. sublimity n.
Etymology: L sublimis (as SUB-, second element perh. rel. to limen threshold, limus oblique)