gibbose

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

gibbose (comparative more gibbose, superlative most gibbose)

1. humped; protuberant; having one or more large elevations
   • 1752, John Hill, A General Natural History:

     Of those which are of a more globose figure , or have both shells gibbose and armed with spines, there are , 1. The large , very gibbose Ostrea , with rounded and not very numerous spines […]

References

• “gibbose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• gobbies

Italian

Adjective

gibbose

1. feminine plural of gibboso

Latin

Adjective

gibbōse

1. vocative masculine singular of gibbōsus