Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

haut gout

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.40 in modern English

Syllables: haut -gout
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A slight taint of decay, particularly in wild game meat, that used to be considered desirable; approximately, gaminess.

Archaic; Uncountable

noun

A strong, desirable flavor to be relished; piquancy.

Dated; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Etymology

From French hautgoût, from haut (“high”), goût (“taste”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: hautgoût

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

hogo

Questions

What does haut gout mean?: A slight taint of decay, particularly in wild game meat, that used to be considered desirable; approximately, gaminess.
Where does haut gout come from?: It is traced to French.

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