altaltissimo

noun

1. The highest point of something; the pinnacle or apex.

   countable, literary, rare, uncountable

   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.

Where it comes from

Probably derived from Italian alto + altissimo.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry altaltissimo (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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