gestic

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛstɪk/

Adjective

gestic (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to deeds or feats of arms; legendary.
   • 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:

     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.

2. Relating to bodily motion; consisting of gestures.
   • 1822, [Walter Scott], Peveril of the Peak. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:

     Carried away by the enthusiasm of the gestic art [i.e. dancing].

Translations

legendary

• Swedish: historisk (sv), sago- (sv), beträffande bragder

pertaining to gestures

• Swedish: gestisk, hörande till åtbörder, till gestikulation, till dans

References

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)