gestic

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English

Etymology

From gest +‎ -ic. See gest (a deed), gesture.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gestic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to deeds or feats of arms; legendary.
  2. Relating to bodily motion; consisting of gestures.

Translations

References

  1. ^ gestic in Edmund Wenström, Erik Lindgren, Engelsk-svensk ordbok (1905)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gestic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)