hunchbacked

[huhnch-bakt]

adjective

1. humpbacked.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hunchbacked¹

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

Example Sentences

One of the most well-known is Shakespeare's Richard III, the scheming hunchbacked king.

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That is, the hunchbacked hangman’s line from “Blazing Saddles”: “This one is a doozy.”

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Rigoletto, a hunchbacked jester at the court of the Duke of Mantua, is approached at night by a mysterious man who says he’s an assassin for hire, should Rigoletto ever need such services.

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For the future “great man” of French literature, the book’s main attraction was the gothic cathedral itself, not its hunchbacked bell-ringer.

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It is certainly true that until recently Mr Munganasa would never have got away with a show in which an actor bounces around hunchbacked in imitation of Mr Mugabe.

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