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gibbous

Part of speech: Adjective

Excessively prominent; irregularly rounded; between full and half- full; said of the moon. Also, gibbose.

Usage examples "gibbous":

Shortly before or after it arrives at this point, its form is gibbous, the illumined portion being less than a circle but greater than a semi- circle. - "The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'", Thomas Orchard.
The enlightened part of the moon appears in the form of a sickle or reaping- hook, which is while she is moving from the conjunction to the opposition, or from the new moon to the full: but from full to a new again the enlightened part appears gibbous, and the dark falcated. - "The Death of Wallenstein A Play", Frederich Schiller.
A solitary man stood at the wheel; and, looking around for others, Tomlin noticed vaguely that the black storm was broken, that watery stars were winking down, and that almost in the zenith a gibbous moon leaned like a brimming dipper of quicksilver, ready to drop from the inky cloud that had but just uncovered it. - "The Pirate Woman", Aylward Edward Dingle.