hunchback

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Etymology

Back-formation from hunchbacked.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhʌnt͡ʃbæk/
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Noun

hunchback (plural hunchbacks)

  1. One who is stooped or hunched over.
  2. A deformed upper spinal column in the shape of a hump in the back.
  3. (derogatory) A person with kyphosis, a spinal deformity that causes a hunched over appearance.
Lon Chaney as Quasimodo in the 1923 film adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

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