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gibbous
gib·bous [ gíbbəss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. more than half illuminated: describes the Moon or a planet before and after it is full, when it has more than half its disk illuminated
2. bulging: bulging outward or swollen
[14th century. < late Latin gibbosus "hunchbacked" < Latin gibbus "hump"]

gib·bos·i·ty [ gi bóssətee ] noun
gib·bous·ly adverb
gib·bous·ness noun
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