gestatory

[Lat. gest at or i us, from gest a tus, pa. par. of gesto; Fr. gestatorie.] 1. That may or can be carried or worn. "The crowns and garlands of the ancients were either gestatory, such as they wore about their heads and necks, ."-Sir T. Browne: Miscellanies , p. 90. 2. Pertaining to gestation or pregnancy. *ges-ten-ing, s. [GUESTNING.] ģěst-Ic, *ģěst-Ic-al, a . [English gest (1): -ic, ical.) 1. Of or pertaining to gests; legendary, romantic. "And the gay grandsire skilled in gestic lore Has frisked beneath the burden of threescore." Goldsmith: Traveler. 2. Pertaining to bodily motions; relating to or consisting of gestures. *ges-tic-u-lar, a. [Lat. gestic ulus = gesture.] Full of action. "Electricity is pa ing, glancing, gesticular."-Emer son: Eng. Traits , ch. xiii.