gesticadj.

/ˈdʒɛstɪk/

Etymology: < gest n.³ + -ic suffix.

Of or pertaining to bodily movement, esp. dancing. Todd (1818) explains gestic in quot. 1764 as ‘legendary, historical’ (from gest n.¹), and this sense of the word is given in most modern dictionaries even when the quot. is placed under the proper sense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > bodily movement > [adjective]

gestical1607

gestic1764

1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 14 The gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burthen of threescore.

1807 Salmagundi 4 Apr. 140 Matrons..unskilled in ‘gestic lore’.

1823 W. Scott Peveril III. vii. 173 He bore time to her motions with the movement of his foot..and seemed..carried away by the enthusiasm of the gestic art.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	gestic
释义	gesticadj. /ˈdʒɛstɪk/ Etymology: < gest n.³ + -ic suffix. Of or pertaining to bodily movement, esp. dancing. Todd (1818) explains gestic in quot. 1764 as ‘legendary, historical’ (from gest n.¹), and this sense of the word is given in most modern dictionaries even when the quot. is placed under the proper sense. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > bodily movement > [adjective] gestical1607 gestic1764 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 14 The gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burthen of threescore. 1807 Salmagundi 4 Apr. 140 Matrons..unskilled in ‘gestic lore’. 1823 W. Scott Peveril III. vii. 173 He bore time to her motions with the movement of his foot..and seemed..carried away by the enthusiasm of the gestic art. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1764
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