{UAH} WORD OF THE DAY February 16, 2019-- gibbous

WORD OF THE DAY February 16, 2019

gibbous    adjective | JIB-us     Definition   1 a : marked by convexity or swelling   b of the moon or a planet : seen with more than half but not all of the apparent disk illuminated   2 : having a hump : humpbacked   Scroll down for more about gibbous      TRENDING NOW: feckless emergency national emergency apoplectic SEE ALL      PEOPLE ARE READING   The Illuminating History of 'Gaffer'       The News On 'Nontroversy'     The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 2/15/19       'Orient' or 'Orientate'?         WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE   What did you just call me?! A Quiz   Never be caught off guard     PLAY NOW     Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try!  TAKE ME THERE         Did You Know?   The adjective gibbous has its origins in the Latin noun gibbus, meaning "hump," and in the Late Latin adjective gibbosus, meaning "humpbacked," which Middle English adopted in the 14th century as gibbous. Gibbous has been used to describe the rounded body parts of humans and animals (such as the back of a camel) or to describe the shape of certain flowers (such as snapdragons). The term is most often identified, however, with the study of astronomy. A gibbous moon is one that is more than a half-moon but less than full.     Examples of GIBBOUS   The fresh layer of snow glistened under the light of the waxing gibbous moon.   "During the fourth lunar orbit, Anders was engaged in photographing the lunar surface when he noticed a slightly gibbous Earth rising above the surface as the spacecraft passed over from the moon's far side to its near side." — Alan Hale, The Alamogordo (New Mexico) Daily News, 23 Dec. 2018   Test Your Vocabulary   What Greek goddess's name (beginning with "C") is used to refer to the moon in literary personification?   VIEW THE ANSWER           WORD OF THE YEAR 2018     Justice + 10 more   Read why justice is our Word of the Year, plus lodestar, epiphany, pansexual, and 7 more top words!   SEE THE FULL LIST            MORE WORD FUN:     WORD GAMES          TRENDING NOW          WORDS AT PLAY      FOLLOW US:

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