Antonyms for gesticulation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : je-stik-yuh-ley-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : dʒɛˌstɪk yəˈleɪ ʃən |
Definition of gesticulation
Origin :- early 15c., from Latin gesticulationem (nominative gesticulatio), noun of action from past participle stem of gesticulari "to gesture, mimic," from gesticulus "a mimicking gesture," diminutive of gestus (see gest).
- noun gesture
- There was much gossip, some laughter, and a good deal of gesticulation.
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- Ella's gesticulation was eloquent of how much that had been.
- Extract from : « The Coast of Chance » by Esther Chamberlain
- His conception is just, and his gesticulation worthy of example.
- Extract from : « The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 » by Various
- There was evidently a good deal of excitement and gesticulation among them.
- Extract from : « The Gorilla Hunters » by R.M. Ballantyne
- For every tone of her voice—every gesticulation—was exactly true to nature.
- Extract from : « Mass' George » by George Manville Fenn
- He laughed and threw the bottle upwards with a gesticulation I did not understand.
- Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
- There was also an immense amount of gesticulation and excitement.
- Extract from : « The Norsemen in the West » by R.M. Ballantyne
- It was a throng of rapid movement, of animated speech, of gesticulation.
- Extract from : « The Dark Star » by Robert W. Chambers
- The game is accompanied by much shouting, gesticulation and laughter.
- Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
- His wife did not come under this ban and was the center of jubilation and gesticulation.
- Extract from : « An African Adventure » by Isaac F. Marcosson
Synonyms for gesticulation
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