haut gout
haut gout noun: a slight taint of decay, particularly in wild game meat, that used to be considered desirable; approximately, gaminess.
Noun
haut gout (uncountable)
- A slight taint of decay, particularly in wild game meat, that used to be considered desirable; approximately, gaminess.
- In a word, Joseph had the same taste for a full-blooded cuffee, that an epicure has for the haut gout of a stale partridge, and was in ecstasies at my extrication.1854, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Captain Canot
- The merchants began to snuff the cadaverous haut goût of lucrative war; the freighting business never was so lively, on account of the prodigious taking up for transport service: great orders for provisions of all kinds, new clothing for the troops, puts life into the woollen manufactures.1907, Lewis Melville, Farmer George, volume 2, page 143
- A strong, desirable flavor to be relished; piquancy.
haut gout meaning in Tamil
haut gout in Tamil
- சிறு கறை
Origin of haut gout
From French hautgoût, from haut (“high”), goût (“taste”).
Questions about haut gout
- What does haut gout mean?
- Haut gout means a slight taint of decay, particularly in wild game meat, that used to be considered desirable; approximately, gaminess.
- What is haut gout in Tamil?
- Haut gout in Tamil is சிறு கறை. See Haut gout meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is haut gout?
- Haut gout is a noun.
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