hunchback

English

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Etymology

Back-formation from hunchbackedCategory:English back-formations#HUNCHBACK.

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Noun

hunchback (plural hunchbacks)Category:English lemmas#HUNCHBACKCategory:English nouns#HUNCHBACKCategory:English countable nouns#HUNCHBACKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HUNCHBACKCategory:Pages with entries#HUNCHBACKCategory:Pages with 1 entry#HUNCHBACK

  1. One who is stooped or hunched over.
  2. A deformed upper spinal column in the shape of a hump in the back.
  3. (derogatoryCategory:English derogatory terms#HUNCHBACK) 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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