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English Dictionary: gibbous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for gibbous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gibbous adj characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column Synonym(s): crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked, gibbous, kyphotic (used of the moon) more than half full Synonym(s): gibbous, gibbose
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gibbous \Gib"bous\, a. [Cf. F. gibbeux. See {Gibbose}.] 1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon. The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member. --Wiseman. 2. Hunched; hump-backed. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. -- {Gib"bously}, adv. -- {Gib"bousness}, n.