Definition of beau geste in English:

beau geste

nounPlural 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 geste

nounˌbō 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’.

单词	beau geste
释义	Definition of beau geste in English: beau geste nounPlural 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 geste nounˌbō 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’.
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