beau gesten.

/bəʊ ˈʒɛst/

Etymology: French, = fine gesture.

A display of magnanimity.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > [noun] > high-mindedness or magnanimity > instance or display of magnanimity

magnanimitiesa1639

beau geste1920

1920 John o' London's Weekly 21 Feb. 562/1 The beau geste is less a physical than a mental and literary revelation.

1922 Westm. Gaz. 9 Dec. I think Germany can pay,..and Italy is too poor to make the beau geste of abandoning her claims.

1925 W. Deeping Sorrell & Son xv. §3 He gave in... He was not going to quarrel with a beau geste.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	beau geste
释义	beau gesten. /bəʊ ˈʒɛst/ Etymology: French, = fine gesture. A display of magnanimity. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > [noun] > high-mindedness or magnanimity > instance or display of magnanimity magnanimitiesa1639 beau geste1920 1920 John o' London's Weekly 21 Feb. 562/1 The beau geste is less a physical than a mental and literary revelation. 1922 Westm. Gaz. 9 Dec. I think Germany can pay,..and Italy is too poor to make the beau geste of abandoning her claims. 1925 W. Deeping Sorrell & Son xv. §3 He gave in... He was not going to quarrel with a beau geste. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1920
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