Downbent

//ˈdaʊnbɛnt// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Bent downward.

    "Beforetime of all Gods one have I seen in pain, / One only Titan bound with adamantine chain, / Atlas in strength supreme, who groaning stoops, downbent / Under the burthen of the earth and heaven's broad firmament."

Example

More examples

"Beforetime of all Gods one have I seen in pain, / One only Titan bound with adamantine chain, / Atlas in strength supreme, who groaning stoops, downbent / Under the burthen of the earth and heaven's broad firmament."

Etymology

From down- + bent.

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