Meanings
- not comparableRelating to the movement of the body, or consisting of gestures.
gestic actor
3 more examples
gestic theater
Carried away by the enthusiasm of the gestic art [i.e. dancing].
1822, [Walter Scott], Peveril of the Peak. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLCOver long passages there is little gestic innervation
1981, Georg Rudolf, The Theatrical Notation of Roman and Pre-Shakespearean ComedySynonyms: gestual
- not comparableobsoleterarePertaining to deeds or feats of arms; legendary.
Dames of ancient days / Have led their children through the mirthful maze, / And the gay grandſire, ſkill'd in gestic lore, / Has friſk'd beneath the burthen of threeſcore.
1764 December 19 (indicated as 1765), Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller, or A Prospect of Society. A Poem. […], London: […] J[ohn] Newbery, […], →OCLC, pages 13–14
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveRelating to the movement of the body, or consisting of gestures.
Origin
From gest + -ic. See gest (“a deed”), gesture.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Swedish gestisk, hörande till åtbörder
- gestiskpertaining to gestures
- hörande till åtbörderpertaining to gestures
- till gestikulationpertaining to gestures
- till danspertaining to gestures
- historisklegendary
- sago-legendary
- beträffande bragderlegendary
Cite this entry
gestic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gestic
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