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Traditional English :: gibbon
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gibbosity.html - n. any small ape of the genus Hylobates, native to SE Asia, having a slender body and long arms. [F f. a native name] |
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Traditional English :: gibbous
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gibbosity.html - adj. 1 convex or protuberant. 2 (of a moon or planet) having the bright part greater than a semicircle and less than a circle. 3 humped or humpbacked. gibbosity n. gibbously adv. gibbousness n. [ME f. LL gibbosus f. gibbus hump] |
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Traditional English :: gibber(1)
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gibbosity.html - v. & n. --v.intr. speak fast and inarticulately; chatter incoherently. --n. such speech or sound. [imit.] |
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Traditional English :: gibber(2)
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gibbosity.html - n.
Austral. a boulder or large stone. [Aboriginal] |
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Traditional English :: gibberellin
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gibbosity.html - n. one of a group of plant hormones that stimulate the growth of leaves and shoots. [Gibberella a genus of fungi, dimin. of genus-name Gibbera f. L gibber hump] |
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Traditional English :: gibberish
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gibbosity.html - n.
unintelligible or meaningless speech; nonsense. [perh. f. GIBBER(1) (but attested earlier) + -ISH(1) as used in Spanish, Swedish, etc.] |
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