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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.
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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, -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
o·ver·ges·tic·u·la·tive, adjective
o·ver·ges·tic·u·la·tive·ly, adverb
EXPANDun·ges·tic·u·lat·ing, adjective
un·ges·tic·u·la·tive, adjective
un·ges·tic·u·la·to·ry, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. gesture, motion, wave, signal.
1. gesture, motion, wave, signal.
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Example Sentences
- Usually the halves became a whole with both men lounging and leaping up by turns to pace, argue or gesticulate.
- All they do is grunt and make faces and gesticulate, but somehow or other they're very entertaining.
- But I gesticulate wildly myself.
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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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