acte gratuitn.

Brit.

/ˌakt ɡraˈtwiː/, U.S.

/ˌækt ɡræˈtwi/

Inflections: Plural actes gratuits.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French acte gratuit.

Etymology: < French acte gratuit (1927 in the work of André Gide, or earlier; compare his earlier use in this sense of acte libre (1895) and action gratuite (1899)) < acte act n. + gratuit gratuit adj.In plural form actes gratuits after the French plural form.

A gratuitous or motiveless action performed on impulse.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > an act or deed > spontaneous

acte gratuit1931

the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [noun] > unplanned quality or action > an unplanned action

extemporarya1661

autoschediasm1842

acte gratuit1931

1931 ‘R. West’ Ending in Earnest 190 An apparent acte gratuit is merely one whose motive springs from deeper and more abstract conflicts in the soul than decide the ordinary events of daily life.

1949 ‘N. Blake’ Head of Traveller i. i. 25 I'm an Artist. I should only be interested in murder as an acte gratuit.

1950 W. H. Auden Enchafèd Flood (1951) iii. 96 His criminal acte gratuit of shooting the Albatross.

1973 J. P. Stern On Realism x. 173 A world of absolute freedom, composed of actes gratuits and governed by total self-determination.

1993 Sat. Night (Toronto) June 40/1 In what I can only count as the ultimate political acte gratuit, she released a policy paper that set out what she could do in office.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acte gratuit
释义	acte gratuitn. Brit. /ˌakt ɡraˈtwiː/, U.S. /ˌækt ɡræˈtwi/ Inflections: Plural actes gratuits. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French acte gratuit. Etymology: < French acte gratuit (1927 in the work of André Gide, or earlier; compare his earlier use in this sense of acte libre (1895) and action gratuite (1899)) < acte act n. + gratuit gratuit adj.In plural form actes gratuits after the French plural form. A gratuitous or motiveless action performed on impulse. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > an act or deed > spontaneous acte gratuit1931 the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [noun] > unplanned quality or action > an unplanned action extemporarya1661 autoschediasm1842 acte gratuit1931 1931 ‘R. West’ Ending in Earnest 190 An apparent acte gratuit is merely one whose motive springs from deeper and more abstract conflicts in the soul than decide the ordinary events of daily life. 1949 ‘N. Blake’ Head of Traveller i. i. 25 I'm an Artist. I should only be interested in murder as an acte gratuit. 1950 W. H. Auden Enchafèd Flood (1951) iii. 96 His criminal acte gratuit of shooting the Albatross. 1973 J. P. Stern On Realism x. 173 A world of absolute freedom, composed of actes gratuits and governed by total self-determination. 1993 Sat. Night (Toronto) June 40/1 In what I can only count as the ultimate political acte gratuit, she released a policy paper that set out what she could do in office. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1931
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