gesticulatory

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Definition of gesticulatory

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of or relating to a gesticulation; accompanied by gesticulation.
    “a gesticulatory movement”
    “On this theme Klesmer’s eloquence, gesticulatory and other, went on for a little while like stray fireworks accidentally ignited, and then sank into immovable silence.”
    “The skinny fellow, with gesticulatory accompaniment, shouted out a long-winded piece about the Chinese people versus American Imperialism.”
    “This mishap has hardly interrupted her animated gesticulatory discourse on the estate she’d visited the week before […]”
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adj

  1. Of or relating to a gesticulation; accompanied by gesticulation.
    “a gesticulatory movement”
    “On this theme Klesmer’s eloquence, gesticulatory and other, went on for a little while like stray fireworks accidentally ignited, and then sank into immovable silence.”
    “The skinny fellow, with gesticulatory accompaniment, shouted out a long-winded piece about the Chinese people versus American Imperialism.”
    “This mishap has hardly interrupted her animated gesticulatory discourse on the estate she’d visited the week before […]”
  2. Making frequent gesticulations.
    “The French loungers are gesticulatory, and shoulders, arms, fingers, eyes and eyebrows help out the tongue's rapid utterance; but they are never rude or boisterous.”
    “There were vast surging crowds in the Rue de Rivoli, and much bunting, and soldiers and gesticulatory policemen.”
    “Aziz Akkaya, the wildly gesticulatory Besiktas coach, was sufficiently outraged that he earned a second technical foul, the home fans booing and baying as they waved him out of the arena.”

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Etymology

From gesticulate + -ory.

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