bow-backedadj.
/ˈbəʊˌbakt/ Having the back permanently bent, crook-backed; also, having the back arched, as an angry cat.
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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
1470 J. Hardyng Chron. clvii. iii This Edmond..Broke-backed and bowbacked bore, Was vnabled to haue the monarché.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1311/2 When they wax crooked & bow backt.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess vi. 140 The two great cats..Bow-back'd with fear.
Derivatives
bowˈbackedness n.
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crooked-rig1382
crouchbackc1491
crook-back?1507
bunch-back1618
crump-backa1661
humpback1697
hunchback1718
huckle-back1762
cyphosis1847
bowbackedness1864
kyphosis-
1864 N. Brit. Rev. Dec. 405 By a sudden effort..overcoming his bowbackedness.
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