hunchbackedadj.
/ˈhʌnʃbakt/ Having a protuberant or crooked back.
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hoveredc897
embossedc1430
bow-backed1470
crook-backed1477
courbe-backed1480
bunch-backed1519
hunchbacked1598
buncht-back1603
crouch-backed1606
hulch1611
hulch-backed1611
hulched1611
crouchback1627
camel-backed1631
huck-backed1631
hulchy1632
boss-backed1640
gibbous1646
huckle-backeda1652
hulck-backed1656
hunched1656
crump-backeda1661
humpbacked1681
humped1713
humpback1726
humptya1825
hunchy1841
bible-backed1857
crooked-backed1866
cyphotic1889
1598 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 81 That foule hunch-backt [1597 bunch-backt; 1623 bunch-back'd] toade.
1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 145 The babe..was now growne hunch-back'd.
1679 J. Dryden & N. Lee Oedipus iii. 32 To take that hunch-back'd Monster to my arms.
1711 J. Dennis Refl. Ess. Crit. 26 There is nothing so stupid and so impotent as a hunch-back'd Toad.
1809 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 21 283 A third..is very much hunchbacked.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 410 The hunchbacked dwarf who urged forward the fiery onset of France.
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