gibbous

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
(used of the moon) more than half full

Adj

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

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

crookback, crookbacked, gibbose, humpbacked, humped, hunchbacked, kyphotic

Scrabble Score: 12

gibbous is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
gibbous is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gibbous is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

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