acte gratuit
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French acte gratuit.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
acte gratuit (plural actes gratuits)
- An impulsive act lacking motive.
- 1971, Angela Carter, Shaking a Leg, Vintage (2013), page 294:
- He was a superlative showman and, if his career ended at the age of forty-five in an acte gratuit, he had, after all, been compared to André Gide.
References edit
- The Chambers Dictionary, 10th edition, 2006.