gestic
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of gestic
1755–65; obsolete gest deportment (< Middle French geste < Latin gestus movement of the limbs, performance, equivalent to ges-, variant stem of gerere ( see gest) + -tus suffix of v. action) + -ic
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He bore time to her motions with the movement of his foot—applauded with head and with hand—and seemed, like herself, carried away by the enthusiasm of the gestic art.
From Peveril of the Peak by Sir Walter Scott
When I am eighty I hope to be a gay granddame skilled in gestic lore, frisking beneath the burthen of fourscore.'
From The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen by Elizabeth von Arnim
Catherine Seyton had admirable skill in gestic lore, and was sometimes called on to dance for the amusement of her royal mistress.
From The Abbot by Sir Walter Scott
Alike all ages: dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze: And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore.
From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
Alike all ages: dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze; And the gay grandsire, skilled in gestic lore, Has frisked beneath the burthen of threescore.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various
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