chironomy

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  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

词形变化

chironomies plural cheironomy alternative cheironomia alternative

词汇关系

词源

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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