different between arcadian vs sublime

English

Etymology

arcade +? -ian

Pronunciation

Adjective

arcadian (comparative more arcadian, superlative most arcadian)

1. Pertaining to an arcade.
2. Furnished with arcades.
3. (literature) Ideally rustic or pastoral.

Translations

Anagrams

• acaridan, aracanid

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??bla?m/
• Rhymes: -a?m

Etymology 1

From Middle English sublimen, borrowed from Old French sublimer, from Latin sublim? (“to raise on high; to sublimate (in Medieval Latin)”).

Verb

sublime (third-person singular simple present sublimes, present participle subliming, simple past and past participle sublimed)

1. (chemistry, physics, transitive, intransitive) To sublimate.
2. (transitive) To raise on high.
   • 1857, E. P. Whipple, Harper's Magazine

     a soul sublimed by an idea above the region of vanity and conceit

3. (transitive) To exalt; to heighten; to improve; to purify.

   Synonym: (archaic) sublimate
4. (transitive) To dignify; to ennoble.
   • a. 1667, Jeremy Taylor, Clerus Domini, or, A discourse of the divine institution, necessity, sacredness, and separation of the office ministerial together with the nature and manner of its power and operation

     An ordinary gift cannot sublime a person to a supernatural employment.

Related terms

• sublimation

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle French sublime, from Latin subl?mis (“high”), from sub- (“up to, upwards”) + a root of uncertain affiliation often identified with Latin l?mis, ablative singular of l?mus (“oblique”) or l?men (“threshold, entrance, lintel”)

Adjective

sublime (comparative sublimer, superlative sublimest)

1. Noble and majestic.
   • 1842, Thomas De Quincey, Cicero (published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine)

     the sublime Julian leader

2. Impressive and awe-inspiring, yet simple.
3. (obsolete) Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.

   • Sublime on these a tower of steel is reared.

4. (obsolete) Elevated by joy; elated.
5. Lofty of mien; haughty; proud.

Related terms

• subliminal

Translations

Noun

sublime (plural sublimes)

1. Something sublime.

Translations

Anagrams

• blueism

Danish

Adjective

sublime

1. definite of sublim
2. plural of sublim

French

Etymology

From Middle French sublime, borrowed from Latin sublimis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.blim/
• Rhymes: -im

Adjective

sublime (plural sublimes)

1. sublime, extraordinary

Derived terms

• Sublime Porte

Verb

sublime

1. inflection of sublimer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “sublime” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

sublime

1. inflection of sublim:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sublimis.

Adjective

sublime (plural sublimi)

1. sublime

Related terms

• sublimità

Latin

Adjective

subl?me

1. vocative masculine singular of subl?mus

References

• sublime in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sublime in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sublime in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subl?mus.

Adjective

sublime m or f (plural sublimes)

1. sublime (noble, majestic, magnificent, etc.)

Descendants

• French: sublime

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.?bli.m?/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.?bli.m?/
• Hyphenation: su?bli?me

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin subl?mis.

Adjective

sublime m or f (plural sublimes, comparable)

1. sublime

Noun

sublime m, f (plural sublimes)

1. sublime

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

sublime

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of sublimar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of sublimar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of sublimar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of sublimar

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sublimis.

Adjective

sublime (plural sublimes)

1. sublime

Verb

sublime

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of sublimar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of sublimar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of sublimar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of sublimar.