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hunch·back
/
ˈhʌntʃˌbæk
/
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[
huhnch
-bak
]
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noun
1.
a person whose back is humped in a convex position because of abnormal spinal curvature.
Compare
kyphosis
,
kyphoscoliosis
.
2.
humpback
(
def. 1
)
.
Hunchback
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Origin:
1705–15;
back formation from
hunchbacked
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hunchback
(ˈhʌntʃˌbæk)
—
n
1.
a person having an abnormal convex curvature of the thoracic spine
2.
such a curvature
[C18: from earlier
hunchbacked, huckbacked
humpbacked, influenced by
bunchbacked,
from
bunch
(in obsolete sense of
hump
) +
backed
]
'hunchbacked
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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