Sublimest

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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              Sublime on these a tower of steel is reared.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. Distinguished by lofty or noble traits; eminent; -- said
        of persons. "The sublime Julian leader." --De Quincey.
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     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.
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              Easy in words thy style, in sense sublime. --Prior.
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              Know how sublime a thing it is
              To suffer and be strong.              --Longfellow.
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     4. Elevated by joy; elate. [Poetic]
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              Their hearts were jocund and sublime,
              Drunk with idolatry, drunk with wine. --Milton.
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     5. Lofty of mien; haughty; proud. [Poetic] "Countenance
        sublime and insolent." --Spenser.
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              His fair, large front and eye sublime declared
              Absolute rule.                        --Milton.
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     Syn: Exalted; lofty; noble; majestic. See {Grand}.
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