gesticulatory
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From gesticulate + -ory.
Adjective
[edit]gesticulatory (comparative more gesticulatory, superlative most gesticulatory)
- Of or relating to a gesticulation.
- a gesticulatory movement
- Making frequent gesticulations.
- 1873, Various, Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 11,[1]:
- The French loungers are gesticulatory, and shoulders, arms, fingers, eyes and eyebrows help out the tongue's rapid utterance; but they are never rude or boisterous.