gesticulatory

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

gesticulate +‎ -ory

Adjective[edit]

gesticulatory (comparative more gesticulatory, superlative most gesticulatory)

  1. Of or relating to a gesticulation.
    a gesticulatory movement
  2. Making frequent gesticulations.
    • 1873, Various, Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 11,[1]:
      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.