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.’