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noun
The art of using effective hand gestures, especially (historical) in Greco-Roman contexts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric, uncountable, usually
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noun
The skill of conducting music with hand gestures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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History
From French chironomie and directly from Latin chīronomia, from Ancient Greek χειρονομία (kheironomía, “gesturing, gesticulation”), from χειρονόμος (kheironómos, “mime, skilled gesturer”), from χειρο- (kheiro-, “hand-”) + νόμος (nómos, “controller, manager”), from νέμω (némō, “to control, to manage”).
