H0085700 (ōt)adj. Fashionably elegant: "In Washington, haute gastronomy is at least as important as the national economy"(Ann L. Trebbe).[From such phrases as haute couture.]
haute
(oʊt)
also haut
(oʊ; esp. before a vowel oʊt)
adj. 1. high-class or high-toned; fancy: an haute restaurant. 2. high; elevated; upper. [1780–90; < French, feminine of haut literally, high; see haughty]