Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gesticulation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gesticulation \Ges*tic`u*la"tion\, n. [L. gesticulatio: cf. F.
gesticulation.]
1. The act of gesticulating, or making gestures to express
passion or enforce sentiments.
2. A gesture; a motion of the body or limbs in speaking, or
in representing action or passion, and enforcing arguments
and sentiments. --Macaulay.
3. Antic tricks or motions. --B. Jonson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gesticulation
n : the use of movements (especially of the hands) to
communicate familiar or prearranged signals [syn: {gesture},
{motion}]
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