gibboseadj.
/ɡɪˈbəʊs/ 1. = gibbous adj. 1.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > convex
swellingc1000
gibbousc1400
round?1523
convex?a1560
convexed1578
bias1609
out-bowed1613
outbent1625
full1627
outbowing1657
gibbose1682
rounded1712
bulging1812
pot-bellied1814
balloony1861
bombed1872
bombous1878
1682 N. Grew Of Mixture i. iii. §8 in Anat. Plants 226 When two Atomes meet, which are globular or otherwise gibbose.
1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 254 Reducing those [shells] that are concave and gibbose to a flat.
1715 W. Derham Astro-theol. v. i. 107 Even Mars too, in its Quadratures, becomes Gibbose.
1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 228 A[trypa] reticularis... Shell impunctate..dorsal valve gibbose.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 530/2.
2. = gibbous adj. 2.
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1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
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