gesticulatory
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to a gesticulation; accompanied by gesticulation.
adj
Example Sentences
- "a gesticulatory movement"
- "On this theme Klesmer’s eloquence, gesticulatory and other, went on for a little while like stray fireworks accidentally ignited, and then sank into immovable silence."
- "The skinny fellow, with gesticulatory accompaniment, shouted out a long-winded piece about the Chinese people versus American Imperialism."
- "This mishap has hardly interrupted her animated gesticulatory discourse on the estate she’d visited the week before […]"
- "The French loungers are gesticulatory, and shoulders, arms, fingers, eyes and eyebrows help out the tongue's rapid utterance; but they are never rude or boisterous."
- "There were vast surging crowds in the Rue de Rivoli, and much bunting, and soldiers and gesticulatory policemen."
Etymology
From gesticulate + -ory.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more gesticulatory (comparative)
most gesticulatory (superlative)