gibbous

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations

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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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• Rhymes: -ɪbəs

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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.

[edit] Derived terms

• gibbous moon

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