A beau geste is a gracious but often meaningless gesture.
Un beau geste es un gesto cortés pero a menudo sin sentido.
| Front | beau geste \bo ZHEST\ plural beaux gestes (bo ZHEST\ |
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| Back | noun A gracious, but often meaningless, gesture. [From French, literally fine gesture. Earliest documented use: 1920.] "An effective encore doesn't risk becoming an empty beau geste; it is an emotional p.s. somehow relating to the mood of the written program." |
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