‖ tête exaltée, advb. phr.
(tɛt ɛgzalte)
[Fr., lit. ‘with head elated’.]
In an elated or euphoric manner. Also as n., someone behaving thus.
| 1841 C. Fox Jrnl. 6 June in Memories of Old Friends (1882) vii. 128 Carlyle..said, ‘Give my love to your dear interesting nephew and nieces!’.. I walked tête-exaltée the rest of the day. 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. xxii. 232 Flora thought of the words ‘tête exaltée’, and considered herself alone to have sober sense enough to see things in a true light. 1873 ― Pillars of House III. xxviii. 128 A pious utterance that only a tête exaltée takes literally. |