chironomy

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Etymology

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From French chironomie and directly from Latin chīronomia, from Ancient Greek χειρονομία (kheironomía, gesturing, gesticulation), from χειρονόμος (kheironómos, mime, skilled gesturer), from χειρο- (kheiro-, hand-) + νόμος (nómos, controller, manager), from νέμω (némō, to control, to manage).

Noun

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chironomy (usually uncountable, plural chironomies)

  1. (rhetoric) The art of using effective hand gestures, especially (historical) in Greco-Roman contexts.
  2. (music) The skill of conducting music with hand gestures.

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