| 单词 | gesticulant |
| 释义 | gesticulant in British English (dʒɛˈstɪkjʊlənt) adjective making gestures gesticulant in American English (dʒeˈstɪkjələnt) adjective making or tending to make gestures or gesticulations a gesticulant speaker Word origin [1875–80; gesticul(ate) + -ant]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: authoritarian, knockabout, musical chairs, overdraft, pressure point-ant is a suffix forming adjectives and nouns from verbs, occurring originally in Frenchand Latin loanwords (pleasant; constant; servant) and productive in English on this model; -ant has the general sense “characterized by or serving in the capacity of” that namedby the stem (ascendant; pretendant), esp. in the formation of nouns denoting human agents in legal actions or otherformal procedures (tenant; defendant; applicant; contestant). In technical and commercial coinages, -ant is a suffix of nouns denoting impersonal physical agents (propellant; lubricant; deodorant). In general, -ant can be added only to bases of Latin origin, with a very few exceptions, as coolant |
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