ˈhə(r)kst, ˈhə̄k-, ˈhek- Ger ˈhœ̅kst or -œ̅ḵ- adjective
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Höchst, former city (now part of Frankfurt am Main) in western Germany
: of, relating to, or being an 18th century German clayware including both faience and hard-paste porcelain often modeled after natural objects and usually enamel-decorated