gestural (adj.)

1610s, from gesture (n.) + -al (1). Related: Gesturally.

Entries linking to gestural

early 15c., "manner of carrying the body," from Medieval Latin gestura "bearing, behavior, mode of action," from Latin gestus "gesture, carriage, posture" (see gest). Restricted sense of "a movement of the body or a part of it, intended to express a thought or feeling," is from 1550s; figurative sense of "action undertaken in good will to express feeling" is from 1916.

-al (1)

suffix forming adjectives from nouns or other adjectives, "of, like, related to, pertaining to," Middle English -al, -el, from French or directly from Latin -alis (see -al (2)).

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Definitions of gestural

gestural (adj.)

used of the language of the deaf;

Synonyms: sign / signed / sign-language

gestural (adj.)

being other than verbal communication;

the study of gestural communication

Synonyms: nonverbal

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Dictionary entries near gestural

gestation

gestational

gesticulate

gesticulation

gesticulator

gestural

gesture

gesundheit

get

get along

get back