gestic

[ jes-tik ]

adjective

1. pertaining to bodily motions, especially in dancing.

Other Words From

• non·gestic adjective
• non·gesti·cal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gestic¹

1755–65; obsolete gest deportment (< Middle French geste < Latin gestus movement of the limbs, performance, equivalent to ges-, variant stem of gerere ( gest ) + -tus suffix of v. action) + -ic

Example Sentences

When I am eighty I hope to be a gay granddame skilled in gestic lore, frisking beneath the burthen of fourscore.'

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