Etymology

gesticulative

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Today it means: Of, relating to, using, or accompanied by gesticulation; tending to gesticulate. Full definition →

English gesticulate ← Latin gesticulor
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The story

  1. Latingesticulor
  2. Englishgesticulate
  3. English todaygesticulative

From gesticulate + -ive.

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