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- French · borrowed frombeau geste
- English todaybeau geste
Borrowed from French beau geste (literally “beautiful gesture”). */ˌboʊ ˈʒest/
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
beau geste
Today it means: A gracious gesture that is noble in form but often futile or meaningless in substance. Full definition →
French beau geste