4 definitions found for gibbosity

Gibbosity GIBBOS'ITY, n. [L. gibbosus. See Gibbous.]
Protuberance; a round or swelling prominence; convexity.

gibbosity n 1: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence]

gibbosity noun (plural -ties) Date: 14th century protuberance, swelling

gibbosity n. Convexity, protuberance, prominence, swelling, gibbousness.