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humpbacked

[ huhmp-bakt ]

/ ˈhʌmpˌbækt /

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adjective

having a hump on the back.

Origin of humpbacked

1675–85; blend of huckbacked ( huck haunch + backed) and crumpbacked (Old English crump crooked + backed)

Words nearby humpbacked

hump, hump day, humpback, humpback salmon, humpback whale, humpbacked, humped, humped cattle, humperdinck, humph, humphrey

Example sentences from the Web for humpbacked

He was humpbacked, squinting, and lame, and his horns stood up under his wig.

Devil Stories |Various
Twice more he struck the humpbacked boy with the whip, and then threw him on the floor.

Rufus and Rose |Horatio Alger, Jr
Verily the humpbacked groom hath passed the night with thee!

The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. |Anonymous
Earth was humpbacked in the sky, almost a crescent, with a bright cone of zodiacal light in the east.

First on the Moon |Jeff Sutton

But for that old Maintenon, the Duc de Berri would have been humpbacked, like the rest who had been made to carry iron crosses.

The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, Complete |Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans