gestic

[ jes-tik ]

adjective
  1. pertaining to bodily motions, especially in dancing.

Origin of gestic

1
1755–65; obsolete gest deportment (<Middle French geste<Latin gestus movement of the limbs, performance, equivalent to ges-, variant stem of gerere (see gest) + -tus suffix of v. action) + -ic
  • Also ges·ti·cal .

Other words from gestic

  • non·ges·tic, adjective
  • non·ges·ti·cal, adjective

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