Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to bodily movements or gestures, especially in dancing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to gests; legendary; romantic.
- Pertaining to action or motion, specifically to dancing: as, “the gestic art,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to deeds or feats of arms; legendary.
- adjective Relating to bodily motion; consisting of gestures; -- said especially with reference to dancing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to
deeds orfeats ofarms ;legendary . - adjective Relating to
bodily motion ; consisting ofgestures .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Catherine Seyton had admirable skill in gestic lore, and was sometimes called on to dance for the amusement of her royal mistress.
The Abbot 2008
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Grandsire cut in alabaster, 60. phrase, proverbed with a, 104. skilled in gestic lore, 395.
Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature John Bartlett 1862
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He bore time to her motions with the movement of his foot — applauded with head and with hand — and seemed, like herself, carried away by the enthusiasm of the gestic art.
Peveril of the Peak 1822
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He bore time to her motions with the movement of his foot -- applauded with head and with hand -- and seemed, like herself, carried away by the enthusiasm of the gestic art.
Peveril of the Peak Walter Scott 1801
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And the gay grandsire, skilled in gestic lore, [30]
Selections from Five English Poets Thomas Gray 1743
qms commented on the word gestic
A limerick’s light and domestic.
Though hobbled by feet anapestic
It paces and sways
In familiar ways
That can be beguilingly gestic.
February 13, 2018