Definitions for: Gibbous

[adj] (used of the moon) more than half full
[adj] characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: bulging, convex, crookback, crookbacked, gibbose, humpbacked, humped, hunchback, hunchbacked, kyphotic, unfit

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