gibbous

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In one sense the likenesses were speaking--that is, a gibbous balloon proceeded from the mouth of each figure, wherein the following dialogue was indicated.

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  1. adjective Characterized by convexity; protuberant.
  2. adjective More than half but less than fully illuminated. Used of the moon or a planet.
  3. adjective Having a hump; humpbacked.

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  • At that time, the gibbous-Earth, sea-Moon photo existed. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 02 - February 2000
  • I am quite sure, although less sure than I am of the powerful associative memory inspired by Cindy's naked flesh, that the gibbous-Earth, sea-Moon photo was pinned to the partition over my computer keyboard in my cubicle. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 02 - February 2000
  • That very word, gibbous, had always made her flinch, though she knew that all it meant was rounded, more than half full. —  Demons Don't Dream
  • Meanwhile the skylight of the stable glowed with a dull greenish light like a gibbous moon and the shadow played the game of shadows—changing shape, growing squatter, longer, shorter, as whatever was casting it moved around. —  FSF,September2005
  • Consider the following (from 'Ghost World') which not only features the only - in my knowledge - use of the word 'gibbous' in popular song, but rather beautifully captures a mood: —  Word Magazine -
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  1. Middle English, bulging, from Late Latin gibbōsus, hunch-backed, from Latin gibbus, hump.

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  1. Also gibberose, gibbose = French gibbeux = Spanish giboso, jiboso = Portuguese giboso, gibboso— Italian gibboso; from Latin gibbosus, a different reading of gibberosus, hunched, humped, from gibber, a hunch, hump, from gibber, adjective, hunched, humped. Cf. equivalent gibbus, hunched: see gibber.
 

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