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hunchbacked, a.|ˈhʌnʃbækt|
[See hunch v.]
Having a protuberant or crooked back.
1598Shakes. Rich. III, iv. iv. 81 (2nd Qo.) That foule hunch-back'd [Fols. and 1st Qo. bunch-back'd] Toad. 1635J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Banish'd Virg. 145 The babe..was now growne hunch-back'd. 1678Dryden & Lee Œdipus iii. i, To take that hunch-backed monster to my arms! 1711Dennis Refl. Ess. Crit. (R.), As stupid and as venomous as a hunch-back'd toad. 1809Med. Jrnl. XXI. 283 A third..is very much hunchbacked. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xix. IV. 410 The hunchbacked dwarf who urged forward the fiery onset of France. |