- 1. a. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the moon">half-moon and the full moon. Source: opted
- 2. a. Hunched; hump-backed. Source: opted
- 3. adj. characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column Source: wordnet
- 4. adj. (used of the moon) more than half full Source: wordnet
- 5. 1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the moon">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. Source: webster
- 6. j:100 s. (used of the moon) more than half full Source: ecdict
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