The Only Use of
gesticulate
in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- This was the shocking thing; that the slime of the pit seemed to utter cries and voices; that the amorphous dust gesticulated and sinned; that what was dead, and had no shape, should usurp the offices of life.
p. 106..2gesticulated = made body movements
Definition:
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(gesticulate) to make gestures (hand or body movements) while speaking or to express something