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Added 9 October 2026

gibbose

adjective

Latin root: gibbosus Wiktionary

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about gibbose at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

(used of the moon) more than half full.

Origin

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

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