gibbous

Meaning

1. Curved or bulged outward.
2. Having more than half (but not the whole) of its disc illuminated.
3. Humpbacked.

Synonyms

humpbacked

hunchbacked

kyphotic

crookbacked

gibbose

convex

humped

protuberant

crookback

heave

hump

piling

projection

prominence

ridgy

rise

rounded

swell

swelling

uplift

warped

uphearal

upswell

bent

gibbose bunchy

build-up

bulbous

bulge

bulging

crooked

crown

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curved

eminence

Translations

gewölbt

bauchig

hervortretend

vortretend

καμπούρης

κυρτός

bossu

protubérant

gibbeux

ballonnant

gibbeuse

vooruitspringend

corcunda

protuberante

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡɪbəs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: gibbous

Cognate with Italian: gobba

Cognate with Ancient Greek: κῡφός

Cognate with Spanish: giboso

Cognate with Norwegian: keiv

Cognate with German: schief

Cognate with Dutch: scheef

In summary

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”).