gibbous

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɪbəs/; (uncommon, nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪbəs/ Hyphenation: gib‧bous Rhymes: -ɪbəs === Adjective === gibbous (comparative more gibbous, superlative most gibbous) Curved or bulged outward. (astronomy, of a celestial body) Having more than half (but not the whole) of its disc illuminated. Coordinate term: crescent Humpbacked. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === crescent === References ===