gimbus

gimbus m (genitive gimbī); second declension (New Latin)

1. alternative form of gibbus
   • 1743, Godfried Henschen, et al., Acta Sanctorum Junii, volume 3, page 657a:

     Joannuccius, olim servus Domini Bonalbergi de Scornavacca, habitator terrae Heracleae, sub eodem jurejurando dixit, quod ipse (jam est annus) casualiter cecidit; ob quem casum in dorso gimbosus effectus est, & passione d. gimbi & violentia carnis oppressae ex eodem gimbo locum barbae suae ex latere sinistro in locum sinistrum pectoris cogebatur tenere submissum ipsi pectori; quasi fixum caput, ob hoc non valens extollere.

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Second-declension noun.

• Du Cange GMIL, vol. 3, page 522a: “gimbus”

Blend of gimnazjum (“type of secondary school”) +‎ bus (“colloquial: bus”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡim.bus/

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• Rhymes: -imbus
• Syllabification: gim‧bus

gimbus m inan

1. school bus that transports students to a gimnazjum

gimbus m pers

1. (colloquial, derogatory) student of a gimnazjum

• gimbus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gimbus in Polish dictionaries at PWN