different between sublime vs exquisite
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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exquisite
English
Etymology
From Latin exqu?s?tus, perfect passive participle of exqu?r? (“seek out”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?skw?z?t/, /??kskw?z?t/
Adjective
exquisite (comparative more exquisite, superlative most exquisite)
- Especially fine or pleasing; exceptional.
- Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.
- (obsolete) Carefully adjusted; precise; accurate; exact.
- Recherché; far-fetched; abstruse.
- Of special beauty or rare excellence.
- Exceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense.
- Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious.
- his books of Oriental languages, wherein he was exquisite
Synonyms
- beautiful, delicate, discriminating, perfect
Translations
Noun
exquisite (plural exquisites)
- (rare) Fop, dandy. [from early 20th c.]
- 1849, Alexander Mackay, The western world; or, travels in the United States in 1846-87 (page 93)
- It is impossible to meet with a more finished coxcomb than a Broadway exquisite, or a “Broadway swell,” which is the designation attached to him on the spot.
- 1925, P. G. Wodehouse, Sam the Sudden, Random House, London:2007, p. 42.
- So striking was his appearance that two exquisites, emerging from the Savoy Hotel and pausing on the pavement to wait for a vacant taxi, eyed him with pained disapproval as he approached, and then, starting, stared in amazement.
- 'Good Lord!' said the first exquisite.
- So striking was his appearance that two exquisites, emerging from the Savoy Hotel and pausing on the pavement to wait for a vacant taxi, eyed him with pained disapproval as he approached, and then, starting, stared in amazement.
- 1849, Alexander Mackay, The western world; or, travels in the United States in 1846-87 (page 93)
Translations
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
exquisite
- inflection of exquisit:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Latin
Participle
exqu?s?te
- vocative masculine singular of exqu?s?tus
References
- exquisite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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