hunchback
English
Etymology
Back-formation from hunchbacked.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhʌntʃbæk/
Noun
hunchback (plural hunchbacks)
- One who is stooped or hunched over.
- A deformed upper spinal column in the shape of a hump in the back.
- (derogatory) A person with kyphosis, a spinal deformity that causes a hunched over appearance.

Quasimodo in the Hunchback of Notre Dame (in French : Le Bossu de Notre Dame)
Derived terms
Translations
one who is stooped or hunched over — see humpback
deformed upper spinal column — see humpback
vulgar: person with kyphosis
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