Chironomy
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The art of using effective hand gestures, especially (historical) in Greco-Roman contexts. rhetoric, uncountable, usually
- 2 The skill of conducting music with hand gestures. uncountable, usually
Etymology
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”).
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