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Definition of Beau geste
1. Noun. A gracious (but usually meaningless) gesture.
Definition of Beau geste
1. Noun. A gracious gesture, noble in form but often futile or meaningless in substance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beau Geste
Literary usage of Beau geste
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Campaign of 1914 in France and Belgium by George Herbert Perris (1915)
"The French greatly value what they call a " beau geste." We have not the word
because we have not the ... The martial Frenchman must have his beau geste. ..."
2. Cruising the Eastern Caribbean by Laura Rapp (2004)
"The beau geste Farm offers a ride in the Bajan countryside. Groups head out at
9:30 am and 3 pm on a tranquil ride through sugarcane fields and past ..."
3. Germanism and the American Crusade by George Davis Herron (1918)
"And if the beau geste is beyond her mind or imagination, if she is altogether
incapable of accepting the divine chance, it is not probable she will ever ..."
4. Paris and the Social Revolution: A Study of the Revolutionary Elements in by Alvan Francis Sanborn (1905)
"beau geste which nearly cost him his eyesight and permanently disfigured him; in
the autumn of 1901, at the time of the second visit of the czar, ..."
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