Entry: hauteur (n.)
In context: "...Krause never so much walking as making an infinite series of grand entrances into pocket after pocket of space, a queenly hauteur now both sickening and awesome..."
Definition: Loftiness of manner or bearing; haughtiness of demeanour.
Other: A good Scrabble word, since auteur (n.) is also good, and is a pretty Infinite Jest-relevant term.
SNOOT score: 1
Page: 683
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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