sublimity

[ suh-blim-i-tee ]

noun

, plural sub·lim·i·ties

1. the state or quality of being sublime.
2. a sublime person or thing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sublimity¹

1520–30; < Latin sublīmitās height, equivalent to sublīm ( is ) sublime + -itās -ity

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