gestic

gestic
/jes"tik/, adj.
pertaining to bodily motions, esp. in dancing.
Also, gestical.
[1755-65; obs. gest deportment ( < MF geste < L gestus movement of the limbs, performance, equiv. to ges-, var. s. of gerere (see GEST) + -tus suffix of v. action) + -IC]

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