altaltissimo
altaltissimo noun: the highest point of something; the pinnacle or apex.
Noun
altaltissimo (countable and uncountable, plural altaltissimos)
- The highest point of something; the pinnacle or apex.
- 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
- 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
Examples of altaltissimo in a sentence
- 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:
- 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:
Forms of altaltissimo
| plural | altaltissimos |
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Origin of altaltissimo
Probably derived from Italian alto + altissimo.
Questions about altaltissimo
- What does altaltissimo mean?
- Altaltissimo means the highest point of something; the pinnacle or apex.
- How do you use altaltissimo in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is altaltissimo?
- Altaltissimo is a noun.
- What is the plural of altaltissimo?
- The plural of altaltissimo is altaltissimos.
Words near altaltissimo in the dictionary
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