"chironomy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kaɪˈɹɒnəmi/ Forms: chironomies [plural], cheironomy [alternative], cheironomia [alternative]
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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|chironomie}} French chironomie, {{der|en|la|chīronomia}} Latin chīronomia, {{der|en|grc|χειρονομία||gesturing, gesticulation}} Ancient Greek χειρονομία (kheironomía, “gesturing, gesticulation”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} chironomy (usually uncountable, plural chironomies)
  1. (rhetoric) The art of using effective hand gestures, especially (historical) in Greco-Roman contexts. Tags: rhetoric, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-chironomy-en-noun-lOnd486U Categories (other): Rhetoric
  2. (music) The skill of conducting music with hand gestures. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-chironomy-en-noun-yP3-k0yg Categories (other): Music, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chironomer, chironomic

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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