gesticulativeadj.
/dʒɛˈstɪkjʊlətɪv/ Given to, or characterized by, gesticulation.
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society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > [adjective] > gesturing > given to
gesturous1576
gesticulative1795
gesticulating1817
gesticularious1830
gesticulacious1834
1795 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 18 540 The people of that island are lively and gesticulative.
1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiii. vii. 511 One hears..nasal eloquence from antique gesticulative mustachio-figures, witty and indignant.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. vi. xxiv. 474 He..testifies to their disorderly and gesticulative fits of rage.
Derivatives
geˈsticuˌlatively adv.
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society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > [adverb]
ostensively1763
gesticulatingly1893
gesticulatively1898
1898 E. P. Evans Evol. Ethics vii. 223 He can..express the number of objects lying before him gesticulatively with his fingers.
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adj.1795