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Definition of gibbous adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

gibbous

adjective
 
/ˈɡɪbəs/
 
/ˈɡɪbəs/
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  1. (of the moon) with the bright part bigger than a semicircle and smaller than a circle
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryGibbous is used with these nouns:
    • moon
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin gibbosus, from Latin gibbus ‘hump’.
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