Meaning of GIBBOUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'gibus
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- [adj] (used of the moon) more than half full
- [adj] characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
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| | Synonyms: | | bulging, convex, crookback, crookbacked, gibbose, humpbacked, humped, hunchback, hunchbacked, kyphotic, unfit |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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"bous*ly}, adv. -- {Gib"bous*ness}, n.
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| | Definition: | | A distended, rounded swelling on one side, as on a calyx or corolla tube or segment. |
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| | Related Terms: | | arched, arciform, arclike, arcual, bandy, bowed, bowlike, bunchbacked, camelback, concave, convex, convexed, crookbacked, embowed, excurvate, excurvated, excurved, gibbose, humpbacked, humped, humpy, hunchbacked, hunched, hunchy, kyphotic, out-bowed, oxbow, rotund, vaulted |
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