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gesturation

gesturation noun: gesture.

Noun

gesturation (countable and uncountable, plural gesturations)

  1. (rare) Gesture.
    • Poor Mayes overdid himself and has lost his speech. Came up to my room and woke me up this morning with appealing eyes and curious gesturations.1917, Wilfred Owen, “Letter to Susan Owen dated 10 September, 1917”, in Complete Works, UK: Delphi Classics, published 2012
    • [Hippocrates] reduced his remedies to five, which were abstinence from flesh, abstinence from wine under certain circumstances, friction, walking and gesturation, or body exercises […]1927, L. C. Hiegel, The Four Episodes of Life, page 165

Forms of gesturation

pluralgesturations

Origin of gesturation

From gesture + -ation

Questions about gesturation

What does gesturation mean?
Gesturation means gesture.
What part of speech is gesturation?
Gesturation is a noun.
What is the plural of gesturation?
The plural of gesturation is gesturations.

Words near gesturation in the dictionary

  1. gesturalists
  2. gesturalities
  3. gesturality
  4. gesturally
  5. gesturalness
  6. gesturation
  7. gesturations
  8. gesture
  9. gesture politics
  10. gestured
  11. gestureless

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