hunchback

[ huhnch-bak ]

/ ˈhʌntʃˌbæk /

noun

a person whose back is humped in a convex position because of abnormal spinal curvature.Compare kyphosis, kyphoscoliosis.

humpback (def. 1).

Origin of hunchback

First recorded in 1705–15; back formation from hunchbacked

Words nearby hunchback

Humvee, Hun, Húna Bay, Hunan, hunch, hunchback, hunchbacked, hund., hundred, hundred and eighty degree turn, Hundred Days

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Example sentences from the Web for hunchback

He was described by Shakespeare as having a hunchback and indeed the skeleton shows evidence of curvature of the spine.
CONFIRMED: Skeleton Found Under City Car Park IS That Of Villainous Richard III|Tom Sykes|February 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The words bosse and bossu (hunch and hunchback) have various idiomatic and proverbial applications in France.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 397, November 1848|Various
It is from that gentleman, the hunchback, you remember, that you once met here.
Pride|Eugne Sue
The hunchback snarled his rebuke in Blaine's face and turned to Tom.
The Copper-Clad World|Harl Vincent

His face seemed as though it belonged to a hunchback whose hunch was inside of him.
Ursula|Honore de Balzac
The horses were submissive enough while the hunchback removed and changed their saddles.
Frank Merriwell's Triumph|Burt L. Standish

British Dictionary definitions for hunchback

hunchback

/ (ˈhʌntʃˌbæk) /

noun

a person having an abnormal convex curvature of the thoracic spine

such a curvature

Also called: humpback

Compare kyphosis, hollow-back

Derived forms of hunchback

hunchbacked, adjective

Word Origin for hunchback

C18: from earlier hunchbacked, huckbacked humpbacked, influenced by bunchbacked, from bunch (in obsolete sense of hump) + backed

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单词	hunchback
释义	hunchback [ huhnch-bak ] / ˈhʌntʃˌbæk / noun a person whose back is humped in a convex position because of abnormal spinal curvature.Compare kyphosis, kyphoscoliosis. humpback (def. 1). Origin of hunchback First recorded in 1705–15; back formation from hunchbacked Words nearby hunchback Humvee, Hun, Húna Bay, Hunan, hunch, hunchback, hunchbacked, hund., hundred, hundred and eighty degree turn, Hundred Days Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hunchback He was described by Shakespeare as having a hunchback and indeed the skeleton shows evidence of curvature of the spine. CONFIRMED: Skeleton Found Under City Car Park IS That Of Villainous Richard III\|Tom Sykes\|February 4, 2013\|DAILY BEAST The words bosse and bossu (hunch and hunchback) have various idiomatic and proverbial applications in France. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 397, November 1848\|Various It is from that gentleman, the hunchback, you remember, that you once met here. Pride\|Eugne Sue The hunchback snarled his rebuke in Blaine's face and turned to Tom. The Copper-Clad World\|Harl Vincent His face seemed as though it belonged to a hunchback whose hunch was inside of him. Ursula\|Honore de Balzac The horses were submissive enough while the hunchback removed and changed their saddles. Frank Merriwell's Triumph\|Burt L. Standish British Dictionary definitions for hunchback hunchback / (ˈhʌntʃˌbæk) / noun a person having an abnormal convex curvature of the thoracic spine such a curvature Also called: humpback Compare kyphosis, hollow-back Derived forms of hunchback hunchbacked, adjective Word Origin for hunchback C18: from earlier hunchbacked, huckbacked humpbacked, influenced by bunchbacked, from bunch (in obsolete sense of hump) + backed Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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