English Explanatory Dictionary

gibbous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Curved or bulged outward.
  2. Having more than half (but not the whole) of its disc illuminated.
  3. Humpbacked.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɪbəs/ /ˈd͡ʒɪbəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gibbous.wav

Word forms

gibbous more gibbous most gibbous

Etymology

From Middle English gibbous, from Latin gibbus (“humped, hunched”), probably cognate with cubō (“bend oneself, lie down”), Italian gobba (“humpback”), Ancient Greek κῡφός (kūphós, “humpback, bent”), κύβος (kúbos, “cube, vertebra”), Spanish giboso (“humped”). Also ultimately compare dialectal Norwegian keiv (“slanted, wrong”), German schief (“crooked, slanting”) and Dutch scheef (“crooked, slanting”).

Synonyms

bulging convex crookbacked humpbacked protuberant

Derived words

gibbose gibbosity gibbously gibbous moon gibbousness subgibbous waning gibbous
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