— gesticulative, gesticulatory /je stik"yeuh leuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/ , adj. — gesticulator , n.
/je stik"yeuh layt'/ , v. , gesticulated, gesticulating .
v.i.
1. to make or use gestures, esp. in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
v.t.
2. to express by gesturing.
[ 1595-1605; gesticulatus (ptp. of gesticulari ), equiv. to LL (assumed in L) gesticul ( us ) gesture (dim. of gestus; see GESTIC, -CULE 1 ) + -atus -ATE 1 ]
Syn. 1. gesture, motion, wave, signal.