tête exaltéeadv.
In an elated or euphoric manner. Also as n., someone behaving thus.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adverb] > in an elated manner
tête exaltée1841
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [noun] > elation > elated person
tête exaltée1873
1841 C. Fox Jrnl. 6 June in Mem. 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 C. M. Yonge Pillars of House III. xxviii. 128 A pious utterance that only a tête exaltée takes literally.
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