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Beau Geste

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Noun

1. beau geste

a gracious (but usually meaningless) gesture

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Beau Geste

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nounWord forms: plural beaux gestes (bo ʒɛst)
a noble or gracious gesture or act, esp one that is meaningless

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Beau Geste

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Word forms: plural French beaux gestes (boʊˈʒɛst ; bōzhestˈ)
1. 
a fine or beautiful gesture
2. 
an act or offer that seems fine, noble, etc., but is empty

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Beau Geste

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n. pl. beaux gestes or beau gestes (bō zhĕst)
1. A gracious gesture.
2. A gesture noble in form but meaningless in substance.

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