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单词 beckoning
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beckoningn.

Etymology: Formed as beckon v. + -ing suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbeckoning.
The action of beckon v.; = preceding.
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society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > [noun]
beckoningc1380
wevingc1440
gesturing1542
gesture1545
gesture1551
becking1569
gesturement1597
gesticulation1603
air1714
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3577 Þe frensche þanne..made a bekenynge to Richard, To take ys way forþ riȝte.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xlii. 6 At his bikenyng [a1425 L.V. wille] whete cornes weren solde to the peplis.
a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 249 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 306 Bekenyng, fynguryng, non þou vse.
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vi. sig. I Before I was wedded..I made recknyng, To make my wyfe boow at euery becknyng.
1828 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. 1 431 Incited by capricious beckonings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

beckoningadj.

Etymology: -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbeckoning.
Making mute signs of assent, invitation, etc.; signalling.
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society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > [adjective] > gesturing
gesturing1542
beckoning1637
gesticulant1877
1637 J. Milton Comus 8 A thousand fantasies..Of calling shapes, and beckning shadows dire.
1852 M. F. Tupper Proverb. Philos. 270 Many lovers..follow her beckoning finger.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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