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单词 gesticulation
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gesticulationn.

/ˌdʒɛstɪkjʊˈleɪʃən/
Forms: Also 1600s jesticulation.
Etymology: < Latin gesticulātiōn-em, noun of action < gesticulāri to gesticulate v.
The action or process of gesticulating. Also, an instance of this (chiefly in plural).
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society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > [noun]
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1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1195 He liked well enough to see the daunces and gesticulations of yong boies.
1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor 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.
1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 16 Their wanton smiles, and jesticulations.
1713 Guardian 29 Apr. 1/1 Story-telling..is not perfect without proper Gesticulations of the Body.
1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind i. §6. 103 One may see a puppet make variety of motions and gesticulations.
a1784 S. Johnson in Boswell Life Johnson (1848) lxx. 662/2 He has no grimace, no gesticulation, no bursts of admiration on trivial occasions.
1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 104 Their conversation was..carried on with Italian vivacity and gesticulation.
1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. xvi. 285 Dancing or rhythmical gesticulation.
1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xxi. 436 Making various savage gesticulations.
1876 W. Mathews Words i. 25 Persons skilled in gesticulation can communicate by it a long series of facts and even complicated trains of thought.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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