WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ges•tic
(jes′tik),USA pronunciation adj.
- pertaining to bodily motions, esp. in dancing.
- Latin gestus movement of the limbs, performance, equivalent. to ges-, variant stem of gerere (see gest) + -tus suffix of verb, verbal action) + -ic
- Middle French geste
- obsolete gest deportment (1755–65
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