/ · 1894 Brewer’s · G · Geste or Gest (g soft)
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A story, romance, achievement. From the Latin gesta (exploits).
“The scene of these gestes being laid in ordinary life.”—Cyclopædia Britan. (Romance).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.