LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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loftiness of thought
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grandeur
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moral excellence
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turbidity
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overelaboration
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Detailed explanation-1: -: of outstanding spiritual, intellectual, or moral worth. : tending to inspire awe usually because of elevated quality (as of beauty, nobility, or grandeur) or transcendent excellence.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some common synonyms of sublime are glorious, gorgeous, resplendent, splendid, and superb. While all these words mean “extraordinarily or transcendently impressive, ” sublime implies an exaltation or elevation almost beyond human comprehension.
Detailed explanation-3: -The word “sublime” may seem rather outmoded-etymologically it comes from the Latin sublimis (elevated; lofty; sublime) derived from the preposition sub, here meaning “up to, ” and, some sources state, limen, the threshold, surround or lintel of a doorway, while others refer to limes, a boundary or limit.
Detailed explanation-4: -very great: He possesses sublime self-confidence.