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gesturement

gesturement noun: act of making gestures; gesturing.

Noun

gesturement (plural gesturements)

  1. (obsolete) Act of making gestures; gesturing.
    • Meanwhile our poets, in high parliament, / Sit watching euerie word and gesturement […]1597, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes. First Three Bookes, of Tooth-lesse Satyrs. […], London: […] Thomas Creede, for Robert Dexter, →OCLC

Forms of gesturement

pluralgesturements

Origin of gesturement

From gesture + -ment.

Questions about gesturement

What does gesturement mean?
Gesturement means act of making gestures; gesturing.
What part of speech is gesturement?
Gesturement is a noun.
What is the plural of gesturement?
The plural of gesturement is gesturements.

Words near gesturement in the dictionary

  1. gesture politics
  2. gestured
  3. gestureless
  4. gesturelessness
  5. gesturelike
  6. gesturement
  7. gesturements
  8. gesturer
  9. gesturers
  10. gestures
  11. gesturing

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