gesticular
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- ungesticular adjective
Etymology
Origin of gesticular
1840–50; < Late Latin gesticul ( us ) ( gesticulate ) + -ar 1
Example Sentences
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The pragmatic essence of the early paintings lies not far below the gesticular surface of his work after 1975.
From Time Magazine Archive
The stewardess, who speaks no known tongue, played "hunt the slipper" for the missing bottles through all the cabins, whence she was shot out by the enraged inhabitants until she was reduced to absolute imbecility, and the harassed stewards to gesticular despair.
From Project Gutenberg
Penrod looked like nothing ever remotely imagined by Sir Thomas Malory or Alfred Tennyson;—for that matter, he looked like nothing ever before seen on earth; but as Mrs. Schofield and Margaret took their places in the audience at the Women's Arts and Guild Hall, the anxiety they felt concerning Penrod's elocutionary and gesticular powers, so soon to be put to public test, was pleasantly tempered by their satisfaction that, owing to their efforts, his outward appearance would be a credit to the family.
From Project Gutenberg
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