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Definition gibbous

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Latin gibbus (“humped, hunched”), probably cognate with cub? (“bend oneself, lie down”), Italian gobba (“humpback”), Greek ????? (kýfos, “humpback, bent”), ????? (kývos, “cube, vertebra”), Spanish giboso (“humped”).

Adjective

gibbous (comparative more gibbous, superlative most gibbous)

1. Characterized by convexity; protuberant.
2. (astronomy) Phase of moon or planet between first quarter and full or between full and last quarter.
3. Humpbacked.

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