gesticulate
Use Gesticulate in a sentence
yəˌleɪt verb (used without object)
1.
to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
verb (used with object)
2.
to express by gesturing.
Origin:
1595–1605; < Latin gesticulātus (past participle of gesticulārī), equivalent to Late Latin (assumed in Latin) gesticul(us) gesture (diminutive of gestus; see gestic, -cule1) + -ātus -ate1
1595–1605; < Latin gesticulātus (past participle of gesticulārī), equivalent to Late Latin (assumed in Latin) gesticul(us) gesture (diminutive of gestus; see gestic, -cule1) + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
ges·tic·u·la·tor, noun
o·ver·ges·tic·u·late, verb, o·ver·ges·tic·u·lat·ed, o·ver·ges·tic·u·lat·ing.
o·ver·ges·tic·u·la·tive, adjective
o·ver·ges·tic·u·la·tive·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. gesture, motion, wave, signal.
1. gesture, motion, wave, signal.
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| —vb | |
| to express by or make gestures | |
| [C17: from Latin gesticulārī, from Latin gesticulus (unattested except in Late Latin) gesture, diminutive of gestus gesture, from gerere to bear, conduct] | |
| ges'ticulative | |
| —adj | |
| ges'ticulator | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
gesticulate
c.1600, from pp. stem of L. gesticulari "to gesture, mimic," from gesticulus "a mimicking gesture," dim. of gestus "gesture, carriage, posture" (see gest).
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Example sentences
The porters still gesticulate and exchange private jokes when they assume my attention is elsewhere.
It makes it sound cooler and lets me gesticulate in ways otherwise forbidden.
Usually the halves became a whole with both men lounging and leaping up by turns to pace, argue or gesticulate.
It is also true that bonobos tend to gesticulate when calling, and that vocal activity among them is high.
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