crookbacked

• Veraltetes Adjektiv, das eine Person mit buckligem oder gekrümmtem Rücken beschreibt; im modernen Englisch nicht mehr gebräuchlich.

An archaic adjective describing a person with a hunched or crooked back; no longer used in modern English.

1. Having a hunched backC2formalmedical

   Characterized by or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine resulting in a hunched back.

   Bucklig

   • The old man was crookbacked from years of labor.
   • In medieval times, a crookbacked person was often unfairly stigmatized.
   • The condition left him crookbacked, but he remained active and cheerful.

   Synonymegibboushumpbackedhumpedhunchbackedkyphotic

   Antonymeerectstraight