hautest

H4A1U1T1E1S1T1

adjective

Highest or best.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

adjective
  1. nonstandardHighest or best.

    The hautest of French haute cuisine is served in this grand basement restaurant. Specialties include roast guinea fowl with shallots, and fillet of smoked pork...

    1989, Great Britain, 1990, Fodor's
    2 more examples

    Time Out Milan shows you how Italy's powerhouse plays as hard as it works, tipping you off to the hippest aperitivi, the highest fashion and the hautest cuisine […]

    2005, Sylvia Tombesi Walton, Time Out Milan: The Lakes And Lombardy

    Unlike the Collyers, Ms. Moss is a hoarder of the hautest kind, but the maximalism of her domestic tableaux, crammed with tasseled cushions, botanical prints, specimen collections and an infinite variety of luxurious tchotchkes, can still feel oppressive.

    2007 May 10, Zarah Crawford, “Accumulate This”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Frenchhaut
  2. Englishhautest

French haut + English -est.

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APA

hautest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hautest

MLA

“hautest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hautest. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hautest,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hautest.

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