"chironomy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: chironomies [plural]
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”), {{m|grc|χειρονόμος||mime, skilled gesturer}} χειρονόμος (kheironómos, “mime, skilled gesturer”), {{m|grc|χειρο-||hand-}} χειρο- (kheiro-, “hand-”), {{m|grc|νόμος||controller, manager}} νόμος (nómos, “controller, manager”), {{m|grc|νέμω||to control, to manage}} νέμω (némō, “to control, to manage”) 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 Categories (topical): Rhetoric
    Sense id: en-chironomy-en-noun-lOnd486U
  2. (music) The skill of conducting music with hand gestures. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-chironomy-en-noun-yP3-k0yg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chieronomy

Inflected forms

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