ChautauquayoudaoicibaDictYouDict
"assembly for popular education," 1873, from town in New York, U.S., where an annual Methodist summer colony featured lectures. The name is from ja'dahgweh, a Seneca (Iroquoian) name, possibly "one has taken out fish there," but an alternative suggested meaning is "raised body."
FomalhautyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
bright star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus, 1594, from Arabic Fum al Hut "the Fish's Mouth," which describes its position in the imaginary star-picture.
hautboy (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"oboe, double-reeded woodwind instrument," 1570s, from French hautbois "high wood" (15c.; see oboe, which is the Italian phonetic spelling of the French word). The haut is used here in its secondary sense of "high-pitched." In early use frequently nativized as hoboy, hawboy, etc.
This Pageaunt waz clozd vp with a delectable harmony of Hautboiz, Shalmz, Coronets, and such oother looud muzik. [Robert Laneham, 1575]
haute (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
French, literally "high," fem. of haut (see haught). Haute bourgeoisie "the (French) upper-middle class" is in English from 1804.
haute cuisine (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1829, French, literally "high(-class) cooking;" see haught + cuisine. Usually in italics until 1960s.
hauteur (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"a haughty bearing, arrogance of manner," 1620s, from French hauteur "haughtiness, arrogance," literally "height," from Old French hauture "height, loftiness; grandeur, majesty" (12c.), from haut (see haught).
haute coutureyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
"Expensive, fashionable clothes produced by leading fashion houses", French, literally 'high dressmaking'.
de haut en basyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
"In a condescending or superior manner", French, 'from above to below'.