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Webster 1913 Edition
Gibbous
1.
Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex;
as, the moon is
. gibbous
between the half-moon and the full moonThe bones will rise, and make a
– gibbous
member. Wiseman.
Gib′bous-ly
, adv.
Gib′bous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gibbous
GIB'BOUS
,Adj.
1.
Swelling; protuberant; convex. The moon is gibbous between the quarters and the full moon; the enlightened part being then convex. The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member.
2.
Hunched; hump-backed; crook-backed.Definition 2024
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English
Adjective
gibbous (comparative more gibbous, superlative most gibbous)
- Characterized by convexity; protuberant.
- 1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge, chapter 22
- In fact, what these gibbous human shapes specially represented was ready money—money insistently ready [...]
- 1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge, chapter 22
- (astronomy) Phase of moon or planet between first quarter and full or between full and last quarter.
- Humpbacked.
- 1697, Dryden, Aeneid, book 8
- A pointed flinty rock, all bare and black,
- Grew gibbous from behind the mountain's back;
- 1697, Dryden, Aeneid, book 8
Derived terms
Translations
characterized by convexity; protuberant
phase of moon or planet
humpbacked — see humpbacked