Before I explain my memoir of the day, I would like to take a moment to ponder the vast difference in the definitions of sublime.
–adjective
1. elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc.: Paradise Lost is sublime poetry.
2. impressing the mind with a sense of grandeur or power; inspiring awe, veneration, etc.: Switzerland has sublime scenery.
3. supreme or outstanding: a sublime dinner.
4. complete; absolute; utter: sublime stupidity.
2. impressing the mind with a sense of grandeur or power; inspiring awe, veneration, etc.: Switzerland has sublime scenery.
3. supreme or outstanding: a sublime dinner.
4. complete; absolute; utter: sublime stupidity.
–noun
7. the sublime,
a. the realm of things that are sublime: the sublime in art.
b. the quality of sublimity.
c. the greatest or supreme degree.
–verb (used with object)
8. to make higher, nobler, or purer.
9. Chemistry.
a. to convert (a solid substance) by heat into a vapor, which on cooling condenses again to solid form, without apparent liquefaction.
b. to cause to be given off by this or some analogous process.
–verb (used without object)
10. Chemistry.
to volatilize from the solid state to a gas, and then condense again as a solid without passing through the liquid state.
How can one word go from meaning outstanding to chemistry. Wow, you got me.
Anyway, my six words for the day have to do with the old gent that hangs his underwear out to dry even on a cold New England day. We have come to the conclusion that his clothes dry because of sublimation (the chemistry part of the sublime definition). We have come to no conclusion as to why there is rarely more than one pair of underwear on the line at one time. What can I say, when you live in the country you have to find something to notice on your drive into work.
to volatilize from the solid state to a gas, and then condense again as a solid without passing through the liquid state.
How can one word go from meaning outstanding to chemistry. Wow, you got me.
Anyway, my six words for the day have to do with the old gent that hangs his underwear out to dry even on a cold New England day. We have come to the conclusion that his clothes dry because of sublimation (the chemistry part of the sublime definition). We have come to no conclusion as to why there is rarely more than one pair of underwear on the line at one time. What can I say, when you live in the country you have to find something to notice on your drive into work.
1 comment:
And if it doesn't dry! yikes!
Nothing sublime about that.
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