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gesticulations

gesticulations is the plural of gesticulation.

Meaning of gesticulation

Noun

gesticulation (countable and uncountable, plural gesticulations)

  1. The act of gesticulating, or making gestures to aid expression of thoughts, sentiments or passion.
  2. A gesture; a motion of the body or limbs when speaking, or in representing action or passion, and enforcing arguments and sentiments.
    • In the eagerness of his gesticulations, first he knocked off my hat, then he knocked off Lessingham’s, then his own, then all three together […]1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle
  3. (dated) An odd or fanciful motion.
    • I indulged in this meditation for a moment, and then again addressed the mourner, who stood leaning against the bed with that expression of resigned despair, of complete misery, and a patient sufferance of it, which is far more touching than any of the insane ravings or wild gesticulation of...1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter IV, in The Last Man. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 115

Questions about gesticulations

What is gesticulations the plural of?
Gesticulations is the plural of gesticulation.

Words near gesticulations in the dictionary

  1. gesticulated
  2. gesticulates
  3. gesticulating
  4. gesticulatingly
  5. gesticulation
  6. gesticulations
  7. gesticulative
  8. gesticulatively
  9. gesticulator
  10. gesticulators
  11. gesticulatory

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