gestural

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of, pertaining to, or using gestures.
    — One critic [Madeleine Schwartz] recently noted that the politics of Rooney’s novels were largely “gestural,” with airy mentions of Gaza or austerity protests but not much radical substance.
  2. Relating to gesturalism.

词源

Etymology tree
English gesture
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.

Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.

Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English gestural
From gesture + -al.
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