Sop[hy] Moderato! moderato! Madam. Your Ladyship's absolutely inalt. / L[ady] Scr[ape] Inalt! Madam? / Sop[hy] Yes, inalt- Give me leave to tell your Ladyship, that you have raised your voice a full octave higher since you came into the room.
1794, Mrs. Bennett (Agnes Maria),Ellen, Countess of Castle Howel: A Novel, volume 1:
The duet was inalt; one stormed, the other half crying, half scolding, made up in volubility what her aunt possessed in authority, and it was not 'till Lady Meredith had twice raised her mild voice, either party could be silenced.
1857, Anne Manning,Helen and Olga: a Russian tale, page194:
And he began, — "Poor insect! born to flutter and to die;" — falling into the second, directly Helen took the first, till he got down to such unreasonable bass that he suddenly gave a shriek inalt that made Olga stop her ears.
(now archaic) A state of excitement, a heightened emotional condition.[from 18th c.]
1748,Samuel Richardson,The History of Clarissa Harlowe: In a Series of Letters:
I was, however, glad at my heart, that Mrs. Moore came up so seasonably with notice, that dinner was ready. The fair fugitive was all inalt. She had the game in her own hands; and by giving me so good an excuse for withdrawing, I had time to strengthen myself; the Captain had time to come; and the Lady to cool.
"Not," added she, as her eyes glittered with anger, and she sidled near the door for an exit—" not but, in the estimation of others, you may be quite an Adonis—a young gentleman of wit and fashion —a beau of the first water; I have no doubt Mary Jane thinks so— you old wretch!" This, inalt, and a bang of the door that brought down an oil picture that hung over it, closed the scene.
1891, Douglas William Jerrold,Tales: now first collected, page113:
He had no wish to pry or listen; but if people would talk inalt, whilst he moved, like a mole, about his business, family matters would cleave the ear which, however it tried, could not be deaf.
2011,Jo Beverley, “The Marrying Maid”, inSongs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love[1], page50:
That lady was inalt at Loxsleigh's high station and had spent the morning making inquiries of her friends, which also allowed her to spread the word about her interesting new acquaintance.
2021, Rhian Jones, Lucy Heyman,Sound Advice: The Ultimate Guide to a Healthy and Successful Career in Music[2], Shoreditch Press,→ISBN:
[…]Adele, Chris Martin of Coldplay, Frank Ocean, Drake, and Ed Sheeran are among many artists who don't appear to spend a lot of time online (or if they do, it's usingalt accounts).
1999, Brian Glover,The Complete Guide to Beer,Barnes & Noble,→ISBN, page146:
Top-fermenting ales are still brewed, notably thealts of Düsseldorf and kölsches of Cologne.
2000, Ray Daniels,Designing Great Beers: The Ultimate Guide to Brewing Classic Beer Styles,Brewers Publications:
On average, the mash temperatures used in the NHC second-roundalts and kölschs were higher, at 153 °F (67 °C) and 151 °F (66 °C) respectively.
2015, Mark Dredge,The Best Beer in the World: One Man’s Globe Search for the Perfect Pint, Dog ‘n’ Bone Books,→ISBN:
In the last two days I have drunk 10 different beers in each city and feel the Kölsches were within a narrower flavor profile, being relatively similar to each other, whereasAlts had more range of aroma and flavor.
2016, Tim Hampson,The 50 Greatest Beers of the World, Icon Books:
Ale yeasts are often described as top fermenting, but top cropping would probably be a better description: the yeast ferments at all levels throughout the liquid, but once its work is done it collects at the top of the fermenting vessel (traditionally these vessels would have been open at the top). Family members include bitters, porters, stouts,alts and kölschs.
FromMiddle High Germanalt, fromOld High Germanald, northern variant ofalt. The variation between the stemsalt andaal is due to the development-ald- →-āl-, which occurred only in open syllables.
Strong (indefinite) and weak (definite) forms are distinguished in the neuter common case. The partitive form follows certain indefinite pronouns likejet(“something”). In the singular dative, there is a simpler distinction between “initial” and “non-initial” position, depending on whether the adjective is the first declined word of the noun phrase or not.
“alt” inMartalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974)Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
alt in Géza Bárczi,László Országh,et al., editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN.
alt in Nóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031(work in progress; publisheda–ez as of 2024).
^Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “alt”, inEtymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
↑3.03.1Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “alt”, inSłownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
↑4.04.14.24.3Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (21.07.2011) “ALT”, inElektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
