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Humpbacked

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition. not-comparable

    "All modern camels are humpbacked creatures, but the number of humps depends on the species."

  2. 2
    Being a humpback bridge. not-comparable

    "There was a little stream, or brook, never dry, flowing, now slow, now with torrential rapidity, for ever in its narrow ditch. Unsteadily a rustic bridge bestrode its dark waters, a rustic humpbacked bridge, in a state of extreme dilapidation."

Adjective
  1. 1
    characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of humpback form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From hump + backed.

Etymology 2

From hump + backed.

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