misgesture
Collocations
4ADJ.
correct, dramatic
MISGESTURE + NOUN
speech
PREP.
on, with
ADV.
rarely
Definitions
verb
To make the wrong gesture.
This flesh of ours is not a good feruant, vnlesse it helpe vs in the best offices: The God of Spirits doth most respect the soule of our deuotion; yet, it is both vnmannerly and irreligious, to be misgestured in our Prayers.
He emphasizes as evidence the fact that people sometimes misspeak with a correct gesture, but very rarely misgesture with correct speech.
noun
A gesture that is made in error.
From Faisal's perspective, a more dramatic “misgesture” on the part of the Americans was needed before the oil weapon would be employed.
He understood that if she was as bad as the instructors and professors on the committee claimed, then there were a hundred misturns, missteps and misgestures she would have made that she did not.
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5This flesh of ours is not a good feruant, vnlesse it helpe vs in the best offices: The God of Spirits doth most respect the soule of our deuotion; yet, it is both vnmannerly and irreligious, to be mis
WiktionaryHe emphasizes as evidence the fact that people sometimes misspeak with a correct gesture, but very rarely misgesture with correct speech.
WiktionaryAnyone who misspeaks or misgestures, while trying to maintain a reasonably fast pace, is out of this portion of the exercise.
WiktionaryFrom Faisal's perspective, a more dramatic “misgesture” on the part of the Americans was needed before the oil weapon would be employed.
WiktionaryHe understood that if she was as bad as the instructors and professors on the committee claimed, then there were a hundred misturns, missteps and misgestures she would have made that she did not.
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