gibbosity
Americannoun
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the state of being gibbous
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biology a bulge or protuberance
Etymology
Origin of gibbosity
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French gibbosite < Medieval Latin gibbōsitāt- (stem of gibbōsitās ). See gibbous, -ity
Example Sentences
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That a singular Regard be had, upon Examination, to the Gibbosity of the Gentlemen that offer themselves, as Founders Kinsmen, or to the Obliquity of their Figure, in what sort soever.
From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph
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