gesturement

English

Etymology

From gesture +‎ -ment.

Noun

gesturement (plural gesturements)

  1. (obsolete) Act of making gestures; gesturing.
    • 1597, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes. First Three Bookes, of Tooth-lesse Satyrs. […], London: […] Thomas Creede, for Robert Dexter, →OCLC:
      Meanwhile our poets, in high parliament, / Sit watching euerie word and gesturement […]
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