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chironomy.

The art of using effective hand gestures, especially (historical) in Greco-Roman contexts.

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Meaning & usage

noun/kaɪˈɹɒnəmi/
  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
Where this word comes from

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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