gesticulate
verb (used without object)
to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
gesticulative
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a word derived from
gesticulate.
Example Sentences
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It also fosters an abiding appreciation for the gesticulative art of the all-deaf performers, whose interactions — whatever the emotion at hand — have the expressiveness of choreography.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2015
Boys ran shouting, while, here and there, knots of men argued loudly, and in front of the little corner drug-store a noisily talkative, widely gesticulative crowd of fifty or more had gathered.
From The Two Vanrevels by Booth Tarkington
In the center of the platform there remained one group, consisting of Miss Pratt and five orators, and of the orators the most impassioned and gesticulative was William.
From Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William by Booth Tarkington
The chorus, composed of singers and dancers, formed part of the drama, which included the recitation of some poetic composition, and included gesticulative and mimetic action as well as dancing and singing.
From The Dance (by An Antiquary) Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D. by Anonymous
The author points out carefully that we are not a gesticulative race, and fails to see that it would be bad acting for the player to represent an Englishman as being naturally gesticulative.
From Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" by Edward Fordham Spence
