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glorious
English
Etymology
From Middle English glorious, from Anglo-Norman glorius and Old French glorïos, from Latin gl?ri?sus. Displaced native Middle English wulderful, from Old English wuldorfull (“glorious”), among other terms. Equivalent to glory +? -ous.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??l??.?i.?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /??l??.i.?s/
- Rhymes: -???i?s
Adjective
glorious (comparative more glorious or gloriouser, superlative most glorious or gloriousest)
- Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory.
- glorious deeds
- 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act III, Scene III, line 351:
- Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, / The spirit-stirring drum, th’ ear-piercing fife, / The royal banner, and all quality, / Pride, pomp and circumstance of glorious war!
- Excellent, wonderful; delightful.
- Borini missed another glorious opportunity to give his side the lead after brilliant set-up play by Sterling, but with only the exposed keeper to beat, he struck the post.
- Bright or shining;
- Synonyms: splendid, resplendent, bright, shining
- 1590, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part II, Act III, Scene I, line 351
- And this fell tempest shall not cease to rage / Until the golden circuit on my head, / Like to the glorious sun’s transparent beams, / Do calm the fury of this mad-bred flaw.
- (obsolete) Eager for glory or distinction
- Synonyms: haughty, boastful, ostentatious, vainglorious
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act I, Scene VI, line 6:
- [...] but most miserable / Is the desire that’s glorious: blest be those, / How mean soe’er, that have their honest wills, / Which seasons comfort. [...]
- (archaic, colloquial) Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink.
- [...] kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O’er all the ills of life victorious.
Derived terms
- gloriousness
Related terms
- glorify
- glory
Translations
Middle English
Alternative forms
- glorius, gloryis, gloryous, gloriose
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman glorius, glorios, glorieus, from Latin gl?ri?sus; equivalent to glory +? -ous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l??riu?s/, /??l??rju?s/, /??l??rius/, /??l??ri?s/
Adjective
glorious (comparative gloriousere, superlative gloriosest)
- Recognised, acclaimed, well-known; having an excellent reputation.
- Deserving religious recognition or commendation; godly.
- Marvelous or wonderful to the senses: attractive, pleasing.
- Amazing, great; bearing good quality or reputation.
- (rare) Vain, bragging, self-aggrandising.
Related terms
- gloriously
Descendants
- English: glorious
References
- “gl?ri?us, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-04.
Old French
Alternative forms
- glorieus, glorios, glorius
Etymology
Latin gl?ri?sus.
Adjective
glorious m (oblique and nominative feminine singular gloriouse) (Anglo-Norman)
- glorious
Declension
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sublime
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)
- (chemistry, physics, transitive, intransitive) To sublimate.
- (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
- 1857, E. P. Whipple, Harper's Magazine
- (transitive) To exalt; to heighten; to improve; to purify.
- Synonym: (archaic) sublimate
- (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.
- 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
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)
- Noble and majestic.
- 1842, Thomas De Quincey, Cicero (published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine)
- the sublime Julian leader
- 1842, Thomas De Quincey, Cicero (published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine)
- Impressive and awe-inspiring, yet simple.
- (obsolete) Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.
- Sublime on these a tower of steel is reared.
- (obsolete) Elevated by joy; elated.
- Lofty of mien; haughty; proud.
Related terms
- subliminal
Translations
Noun
sublime (plural sublimes)
- Something sublime.
Translations
Anagrams
- blueism
Danish
Adjective
sublime
- definite of sublim
- plural of sublim
French
Etymology
From Middle French sublime, borrowed from Latin sublimis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.blim/
- Rhymes: -im
Adjective
sublime (plural sublimes)
- sublime, extraordinary
Derived terms
- Sublime Porte
Verb
sublime
- inflection of sublimer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 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
- inflection of sublim:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sublimis.
Adjective
sublime (plural sublimi)
- sublime
Related terms
- sublimità
Latin
Adjective
subl?me
- 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)
- 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)
- sublime
Noun
sublime m, f (plural sublimes)
- sublime
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
sublime
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of sublimar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of sublimar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of sublimar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of sublimar
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sublimis.
Adjective
sublime (plural sublimes)
- sublime
Verb
sublime
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of sublimar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of sublimar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of sublimar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of sublimar.
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