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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A gracious gesture.
  2. n. A gesture noble in form but meaningless in substance.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A gracious gesture, noble in form but often futile or meaningless in substance.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a gracious (but usually meaningless) gesture

Etymologies

  1. French beau ("beautiful") + geste ("gesture") (Wiktionary)
  2. French : beau, noble + geste, gesture. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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