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See the screenshot. It is seen in Amadeus and other period pieces. Is there a term for this.
Does anyone know what this salutation from Europe is called? - Man bows and doea a sort of circular gesture with the habd
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No. Dennis Miller did a caricature of it when he appeared on Bill O'Reilly. It is all over Amadeus and Dangerous Liasons.
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Id probably describe it as a courteous bow. I have looked around a bit but it seems to not have a specific word to describe it so you really just need to describe it or find a good descriptive adjective to add. I know the pain of describing gestures and poses from a writing standpoint, you have my sympathy.
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I always thought it was an Islamic way to say thanks, three circles- mind, mouth and heart.
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We call it genuflecting, not a specific word for it in standard English I don't think.
Yes my dialect does use the root for kneeling for a thing you do with your fingers in an entirely unrelated context, deal with it, poshcunts.
IT WAS REVEALED TO ME IN A DREAM
I was wrong there is a word for it; Gesticulating.
Yes my dialect does use the root for kneeling for a thing you do with your fingers in an entirely unrelated context, deal with it, poshcunts.
IT WAS REVEALED TO ME IN A DREAM
I was wrong there is a word for it; Gesticulating.
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