gibbus
[ gĭb′əs ]
n.
The hump of a deformed spine.
Words nearby gibbus
gibbs,
gibbs free energy,
gibbs function,
gibbs phase rule,
gibbsite,
gibbus,
gibe,
gibeon,
gibeonite,
giblets,
gibli
Example sentences from the Web for gibbus
You have only to talk to my hump-backed gardener Gibbus, or listen to what he says.
The Bride of the Nile, Complete |Georg EbersThen he desired Gibbus to wake Rufinus and the shipwrights, and to hide all the nuns in the cabin.
The Bride of the Nile, Complete |Georg EbersBut Gibbus firmly declined the offer, saying he wished to return to his old mistress.
The Bride of the Nile, Complete |Georg EbersElsewhere c was k. Before the same vowels g was j (dʒ), as in genus, gibbus, gyrus.
Society for Pure English Tract 4 |John Sargeaunt