'Gibbous' definitions:
Definition of 'gibbous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column [syn: crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked, gibbous, kyphotic]
adjective
(used of the moon) more than half full [syn: gibbous, gibbose]
Definition of 'Gibbous'
From: GCIDE
- Gibbous \Gib"bous\, a. [Cf. F. gibbeux. See Gibbose.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon. [1913 Webster]
- The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member. --Wiseman. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hunched; hump-backed. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. -- {Gib"bous*ly}, adv. -- {Gib"bous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gibbous'
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