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Synonyms for gibbous

Grammar : Adj
Spell : gib-uh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɪb əs

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Définition of gibbous

Origin :
  • c.1400, "bulging, convex," from Late Latin gibbus "hunchbacked," from Latin gibbus "hump, hunch," of uncertain origin. Of the moon from early 15c.; also used from 15c. of hunchbacks.
  • As in asymmetrical : adj uneven
  • As in bulging : adj curving outward
  • As in projecting : adj sticking out
  • As in stooped : adj bent over
  • As in convex : adj rounded, curving outward
Example sentences :
  • Steep and gibbous behind, becoming at length smooth and equal.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The night was clear, and a gibbous moon was high in the sky.
  • Extract from : « Camp-fire and Wigwam » by Edward Sylvester Ellis
  • The moon was gibbous in its approach to the full when the boat left Vicksburg.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Flatboats » by George Cary Eggleston
  • The esculent variety, in Europe, is the common green or gibbous frog, the Rana esculenta of Linnus.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • Over the top of the great ranges a gibbous moon rose slowly.
  • Extract from : « Gold » by Stewart White
  • Gibbous, more tumid at one place or on one side than the other.
  • Extract from : « The Elements of Botany » by Asa Gray
  • If she were white, she might pass for a Caucasian, but for that gibbous under-lip.
  • Extract from : « Romantic Spain » by John Augustus O'Shea
  • A gibbous moon brightened the sky and silvered the slopes about me.
  • Extract from : « A Maid of the Kentucky Hills » by Edwin Carlile Litsey
  • "It was gibbous, you know," Mary explained, very technical and scientific.
  • Extract from : « Crome Yellow » by Aldous Huxley
  • Under the stars, under the gibbous moon, assuredly they would sleep.
  • Extract from : « Crome Yellow » by Aldous Huxley

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