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gibbous

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

gib·bous / ˈgibəs/ • adj. (of the moon) having the observable illuminated part greater than a semicircle and less than a circle. ∎ convex or protuberant: gibbous eyes. DERIVATIVES: gib·bos·i·ty / giˈbäsitē/ n. gib·bous·ly adv. gib·bous·ness n.

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gibbous

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

gibbous convex; hump-backed. XIV. — late L. gibbōsus, f. gibbus hump.
So gibbosity XIV.

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gibbous

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | Copyright

gibbous The phase of the Moon or a planet when it is between half and fully illuminated.

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gibbous

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

gibbous •Ananias, bias, Darius, dryas, Elias, eyas, Gaius, hamadryas, Lias, Mathias, pious, Tobias •joyous • Shavuoth • tempestuous •spirituous • tortuous • sumptuous •voluptuous • virtuous • mellifluous •superfluous • congruous • vacuous •fatuous • anfractuous • arduous •ingenuous, strenuous, tenuous •flexuous • sensuous • impetuous •contemptuous • incestuous •assiduous, deciduous •ambiguous, contiguous, exiguous •inconspicuous, perspicuous •promiscuous •continuous, sinuous •nocuous • fructuous • tumultuous •unctuous •Abbas, shabbos •choriambus, iambus •Arbus •Phoebus, rebus •gibbous •cumulonimbus, nimbus •omnibus • ceteris paribus • Erebus •rhombus • incubus • succubus •bulbous • Columbus • syllabus •colobus • Barnabas • righteous •rumbustious

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