Talk:gesticulation

RFV discussion: June–October 2012
Rfv-sense: Antic tricks or motions. I know this was in Webster's 1913 and they cite a "B. Johnson", but it seems weird and I want to verify it anyway. &mdash;Internoob 22:59, 12 June 2012 (UTC)


 * According to Wiktionary, antic means "grotesque, bizarre; absurd."
 * The monkey busied himself with the boots, and the light-minded drunkard laughed; and at every fresh gesticulation of the new boot-wearer the laugh grew louder and more tremendous, till at length it was found impossible to restrain it.
 * They are all an essential part of the Shaker worship, and in authentication of it, they quote the fact of "Miriam and all the women going out with timbrels and with dances;" of "David's dancing before the ark," &c. &c. The manual gesticulation, too, which is incessant with them, is an act of worship, and justified by such passages as "glorify God in your body, and in your spirit," &c.
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 * I think these three fit, though I'm not too happy with the use of "antic" in the definition. --BB12 (talk) 06:39, 23 June 2012 (UTC)


 * I've changed the sense (or removed it and added a new sense, if you prefer). I think that resolves the matter...? Refine the definition and change "dated" to something stronger as needed. - -sche (discuss) 22:12, 14 October 2012 (UTC)