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1. (adj.) gibbous
(of a heavenly body) convex at both edges, as the moon when more than half full.
2. gibbous
humpbacked.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L gibbōsus humped =gibb(a) hump +-ōsus -ous)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked, gibbous, kyphotic
characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
2. (adj) gibbous, gibbose
(used of the moon) more than half full
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1. (adj) gibbous
swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon
2. (adj) gibbous
hunched; hump-backed
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