gesticulator (jestikulator)

[F. gesticu lateur = Pg.gesticulador It. gest i cola tore, gestant (jes'tant), a. [L. gest an ( t- ) s , ppr. of Syn. See gesture . gestare , bear, carry, freq. of gerere , pp. gest us , bear, carry: see gerent , gest2, gest3] Burdened; charged; laden; pregnant: as, "clouds gestant with heat," Mrs. Browning. [Rare.] gestation (jes-ta's hon), n. [= F. gestation = It. gest azione , gestatio (n-), a carrying, gestare , bear, carry: see gestant .] 1. A bear- ing or carrying; exercise by being carried. IMG:content-2257.png:[blocks in formation] The word minstrel had had a separate history before it became synonymous (as in the Catholicon Anglicum of 1843) with gesticulator , histrio, joculator, and other names for strolling entertainers. Encyc. Brit., XVI. 480, He was a violent partisan of the Conservatives, and being a good stutterer, an excitable character, and a vio lent gesticulator , it soon became evident that he was in some measure the butt of his companions. Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 552 gesticulatory (jes-tik'ū-lā-tō-ri), a. [ gesticu late +-ory.] Of or pertaining to gesticulation; representing by gestures.