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I do not trust this article. > 5 / to bring one’s hand toward one’s mouth without quite touching it Modesty. A gesture of eloquence employed by the great orato

I do not trust this article. > 5 / to bring one’s hand toward one’s mouth without quite touching it Modesty. A gesture of eloquence employed by the great orators of antiquity. AFAIK, this is the wrong explanation. The gesture is still in use today in Italy, and its meaning is different.

Semaphor 3y ago
I’d say it depends, I’ve seen the gesture used like that in movies/shows.
autoexec 3y ago
> AFAIK, this is the wrong explanation. The gesture is still in use today in Italy, and its meaning is different. What does it mean in Italy today?
- graftak 3y ago
  About the same as a middle finger everywhere else.
  - autoexec 3y ago
    seems like a hard gesture to pull off aggressively!