Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Wednesday Word: Gibbous


gibbous |ˈgibəs|adjective(of the moon) having the observable illuminated part greater than a semicircle and less than a circle.• convex or protuberant gibbous eyes.DERIVATIVESgibbosity |giˈbäsitē| noungibbously adverbgibbousness nounORIGIN late Middle English from late Latingibbosus, from Latin gibbus hump.’



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