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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gibbous /ˈgɪbəs/

▶adjective

1 (of the moon) having the illuminated part greater than a semicircle and less than a circle.

2 convex or protuberant.

– derivatives
gibbosity /-ˈbɒsɪti/ noun,
gibbously adverb,
gibbousness noun.

– origin ME: from late L. gibbosus, from L. gibbus ‘hump’.

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