altaltissimo

plural altaltissimos

1. countableliteraryrareuncountableThe highest point of something; the pinnacle or apex.

   Gordon, too, carried plenty in his hands, but principally he went for his heart's sake, and that will take a man to altaltissimo.

   1912, W[illiam] H[enry] Williamson, The Stolen Bride, Boston, M.A.: Dana Estes & Company, page 103

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   Then one shall propose (in a speech, curt Tuscan, / Sober, expurgate, spare of an "issimo,") / Ending our half-told tale of Cambuscan, / Turning the Bell-tower's altaltissimo.

   1855, Robert Browning, “Old Pictures in Florence”, in Men and Women, volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, page 47

   Beatrice Davis's office, a mere attic above Angus and Robertson's bookshop at 89 Castlereagh Street, is at the altaltissimo of a perilous steep of strait wooden stairs.

   1975, Hal Porter, The Extra, Melbourne: Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 87

   Persons born under this number always rise high in their respective professions. To achieve summum bonum, the highest altaltissimo in their profession, is their main objective.

   2006, Pt. Gopal Sharma, Pracharya Sewa Ram Jaipuria, Teach Yourself Numerology, New Delhi: Lotus Press, →ISBN, page 14