Sublime

adj. (sublimer, sublimest) 1 of the most exalted or noble kind; awe-inspiring. 2 arrogantly unruffled (sublime indifference). v. 1 = SUBLIMATE V. 2. 2 purify or elevate by or as if by sublimation; make sublime. 3 become pure (as if) by sublimation. o sublimely adv. sublimity /-‘limiti/ n. [Latin sublimis]