gibbous
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English, from Latin gibbus (“humped, hunched”), probably cognate with cubō (“bend oneself, lie down”), Italian gobba (“humpback”), Greek κύφος (kyphos, “humpback, bent”), κύβος (kybos, “cube, vertebra”).
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gibbous (comparative more gibbous, superlative most gibbous)
- Characterized by convexity; protuberant.
- (astronomy) Phase of moon or planet between first quarter and full or between full and last quarter.
- Humpbacked.
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characterized by convexity; protuberant
phase of moon or planet
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humpbacked — see humpbacked
