[syn: crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked, gibbous, kyphotic]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Crookback \Crook"back`\ (kr[oo^]k"b[a^]k`), n.
A crooked back; one who has a crooked or deformed back; a
hunchback.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Crookback \Crook"back`\, a.
Hunched. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
crookback
adj 1: characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an
abnormality of the vertebral column [syn: crookback,
crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked,
gibbous, kyphotic]
n 1: a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal
curvature of the upper spine [syn: humpback, hunchback,
crookback]