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gesticulation|ˌdʒɛstɪkjʊˈleɪʃən|
Also 7 jesticulation.
[ad. L. gesticulātiōn-em, n. of action f. gesticulāri to gesticulate.]
The action or process of gesticulating. Also, an instance of this (chiefly in pl.).
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1195 He liked well enough to see the daunces and gesticulations of yong boies. 1616Bullokar, Gesticulation, a moouing of the fingers, hands, or other parts, eyther in idle wantonnesse, or to expresse some matter by signes, in dauncing, singing, or other such like exercise. 1657R. Ligon Barbadoes (1673) 16 Their wanton smiles, and jesticulations. 1713Steele Guardian No. 42 ⁋3 Story-telling..is not perfect without proper Gesticulations of the Body. 1764Reid Inquiry i. §6. 103 One may see a puppet make variety of motions and gesticulations. a1784Johnson in Boswell lxx. (1848) 662/2 He has no grimace, no gesticulation, no bursts of admiration on trivial occasions. 1824W. Irving T. Trav. I. 104 Their conversation was..carried on with Italian vivacity and gesticulation. 1846Grote Greece i. xvi. (1862) II. 402 Dancing or rhythmical gesticulation. 1865Livingstone Zambesi xxi. 436 Making various savage gesticulations. 1876W. Mathews Words i. 25 Persons skilled in gesticulation can communicate by it a long series of facts and even complicated trains of thought. |