I.
variant of gest
II. noun
also gest ˈjest
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French geste, from Latin gestus, from gestus, past participle of gerere
1. archaic : bearing , deportment
his heroic grace and honorable gest — Edmund Spenser
2. archaic : gesture , movement
in the least geste — the dropping low of the lid, the wrinkling of the brow — Elizabeth B. Browning