hunchbacked

[ huhnch-bakt ]

adjective

Origin of hunchbacked

1590–1600; blend of huckbacked see (humpbacked) and bunchbacked

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Playing the hunchbacked Igor—pronounced “Eye-gore”—Marty is clearly having a ball.
Marty Feldman: Dead Cool | Simon Doonan | November 2, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
On returning to the dining-room, I perceived that the picture representing Rigoletto, the hunchbacked jester, was no longer there.
Cuore (Heart) | Edmondo De Amicis
hunchbacked, with bloodshot eyes, he made up for his bodily defects by a facetious disposition.
Bouvard and Pcuchet, part 2 | Gustave Flaubert
But suppose the ‘fair lady’ should be ugly, hunchbacked, a shrew, or a troublesome coquette.
Major Frank | A. L. G. Bosboom-Toussaint
The door was opened by a sickly, hunchbacked lad who begged us to walk in, and who seemed to be quite alone there.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 | Various

He spoke of the “Gray Streak,” of a hunchbacked Indian, of swift dog teams and of a curious cavern beneath the snow-covered earth.
Riddle of the Storm | Roy J. Snell

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