gibbose

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adjective

humped; protuberant; having one or more large elevations

Similar
gibbousconvexbulging
OriginLatin gibbosus →
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Meanings

adjectivegibbose (comparative more gibbose, superlative most gibbose)

comparative more gibbose · superlative most gibbose

  1. humped; protuberant; having one or more large elevations

    Of those which are of a more globose figure , or have both shells gibbose and armed with spines, there are , 1. The large , very gibbose Ostrea , with rounded and not very numerous spines[…]

    1752, John Hill, A General Natural History

Synonyms & antonyms

adjective(used of the moon) more than half full

Similar
gibbousconvexbulging
Also see
gibbous

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latingibbosus
  2. Englishgibbose

From Latin gibbosus, from gibbus, gibba (“hunch, hump”). Compare gibbous.

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APA

gibbose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gibbose

MLA

“gibbose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gibbose. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gibbose,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gibbose.

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