1. They fling up their arms, tear their hair, with the wildest gesticulations of grief, and shriek forth the name of the deceased.” —Eastern Customs in Bible Lands.

2. 1600, "a Buffoon who practices gesticulations" [Johnson], from French mime "mimic actor" (16c.) and directly from Latin mimus, from Greek mimos "imitator, mimic, actor, mime, Buffoon," a word of unknown origin

3. The Brinkmanship and confrontation between the Maoists and the Government, accompanied by a sharp and dangerous hardening of positions, is making a negotiated solution significantly more difficult.: Les gesticulations et les affrontements entre les maoïstes et le Gouvernement, conjugués au durcissement brusque et dangereux des positions, font qu'il devient bien plus difficile de parvenir à