Gibbous \Gib"bous\, a. [Cf. F. gibbeux. See Gibbose.]

[1913 Webster]

1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon. [1913 Webster]

The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member. --Wiseman. [1913 Webster]

2. Hunched; hump-backed. [Obs.]

--Sir T. Browne. -- Gib"bous*ly, adv. -- Gib"bous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "gibbous": arched, arciform, arclike, arcual, bandy, bowed, bowlike, bunchbacked, camelback, concave, convex, convexed, crookbacked, embowed, excurvate, excurvated, excurved, gibbose, humpbacked, humped, humpy, hunchbacked, hunched, hunchy, kyphotic, out-bowed, oxbow, rotund, vaulted

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gibbous adj
1: characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column [syn: crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchback, hunchbacked, kyphotic]
2: (used of the moon) more than half full [syn: gibbose]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Gibbous \Gib"bous\, a. [Cf. F. gibbeux. See Gibbose.]

1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the 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's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)