First Known Use: 1900
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beau geste
noun \bō-ˈzhest\
plural beaux gestes or beau gestes \bō-ˈzhest\
Definition of BEAU GESTE
1
: a graceful or magnanimous gesture
2
: an ingratiating conciliatory gesture
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Origin of BEAU GESTE
French, literally, beautiful gesture
Rhymes with BEAU GESTE
abreast, abscessed, appressed, armrest, arrest, at best, at rest, attest, backrest, bed rest, behest, bequest, blood test, congest, conquest, contest, crow's nest, depressed, detest, devest, digest, distressed, divest, egest, eighth rest, field-test, flight-test, footrest, gabfest, half rest, hard-pressed, headrest, high-test, hillcrest, hope chest, houseguest, imprest, incest, infest, ingest, inquest, interest, invest, Key West, lovefest, love nest, Mae West, mare's nest, Midwest, molest, northwest, patch test, posttest, pretest, professed, protest, redbreast, repressed, request, revest, road test, scratch test, screen test, sea chest, skin test, slop chest, slugfest, southwest, spot test, steam chest, stress test, suggest, Trieste, t-test, unblessed, undressed, unrest, unstressed, war chest, whole rest, Wild West
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