gibbous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
    kyphotic; humped; crookback; hunchbacked; crookbacked; humpbacked.
  2. adjective satellite (used of the moon) more than half full
    gibbose.

WordNet

Gib"bous adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. gibbeux. See Gibbose.
Definitions
  1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon.
    The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member. Wiseman.
  2. Hunched; hump-backed. Obs. Sir T. Browne. -- Gib"bous*ly, adv. -- Gib"bous*ness, n.

Webster 1913