beau geste
/bəʊ ˈʒɛst
/ /bo ʒɛst/noun (plural beaux gestes pronounced same)
A noble and generous act: in a beau geste of argument, he thanked his opponent for characterizing the dilemma so well...
- 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'.
Rhymes
- red-naped sapsucker
- redneck
- rednecked
- red-necked avocet
- red-necked footman
- red-necked francolin
- red-necked grebe
- red-necked nightjar
- red-necked phalarope
- red-necked sandpiper
- red-necked stint
- red-necked wallaby
- red ned
- redness
- red nettle
- red nightshade
- redningschoite
- redningskoite
- redningskoïte
- redningsshöite
- red noise
- red nose
- red-nosed
- Red Nose Day
- red nucleus