gibbous
1. characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column • Syn: crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked, kyphotic • Similar to: unfit • Derivationally related forms: kyphosis (for: kyphotic), gibbousness, gibbosity, crookback (for: crookback) 2. (used of the moon) more than half full • Syn: gibbose • Similar to: convex, bulging
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