crookbacked

• Adjectif vieilli décrivant une personne au dos voûté ou tordu, avec une bosse dans le dos ; n'est plus utilisé dans l'anglais moderne.

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.

   bossu

   • 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.

   Synonymesgibboushumpbackedhumpedhunchbackedkyphotic

   Antonymeserectstraight