[syn: gibbous, gibbose]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gibbous \Gib"bous\, a. [Cf. F. gibbeux. See Gibbose.]
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1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant;
convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and
the full moon.
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The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member.
--Wiseman.
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2. Hunched; hump-backed. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. --
Gib"bous*ly, adv. -- Gib"bous*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gibbous
adj 1: characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an
abnormality of the vertebral column [syn: crookback,
crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked,
gibbous, kyphotic]
2: (used of the moon) more than half full [syn: gibbous,
gibbose]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "gibbous":
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