GIBBOUS


Meaning of GIBBOUS in English

adj.1 convex or protuberant.

2 (of a moon or planet) having the bright part greater than a semicircle and less than a circle.

3 humped or humpbacked.

Derivatives:

gibbosity n. gibbously adv. gibbousness n.

Etymology: ME f. LL gibbosus f. gibbus hump

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.