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Definition of beau geste in English: beau gestenounPlural beaux gestes bəʊ ˈʒɛstbo ʒɛstˌbō ˈZHest A noble and generous act. in a beau geste of argument, he thanked his opponent for characterizing the dilemma so well Example sentencesExamples - It was still a beau geste on the part of Ateneo.
- At the time, the rescue operation was hailed as ‘the beau geste of the twentieth century.’
- It all depends of whether North Korea would show the ‘beau geste,’ according to the source.
- Clyde, in a beau geste, allows a humble farmer to keep his cash, an incident based on fact.
Origin French, literally 'splendid gesture'. Rhymes abreast, arrest, attest, behest, bequest, best, blessed, blest, breast, Brest, Bucharest, Budapest, celeste, chest, contest, crest, digest, divest, guest, hest, infest, ingest, jest, lest, Midwest, molest, nest, northwest, pest, prestressed, protest, quest, rest, self-addressed, self-confessed, self-possessed, southwest, suggest, test, Trieste, unaddressed, unexpressed, unimpressed, unpressed, unstressed, vest, west, wrest, zest Definition of beau geste in US English: beau gestenounˌbō ˈZHest A noble and generous act. in a beau geste of argument, he thanked his opponent for characterizing the dilemma so well Example sentencesExamples - It was still a beau geste on the part of Ateneo.
- It all depends of whether North Korea would show the ‘beau geste,’ according to the source.
- At the time, the rescue operation was hailed as ‘the beau geste of the twentieth century.’
- Clyde, in a beau geste, allows a humble farmer to keep his cash, an incident based on fact.
Origin French, literally ‘splendid gesture’. |