humpbacked en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From hump + backed.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.
All modern camels are humpbacked creatures, but the number of humps depends on the species.
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(not-comparable) Being a humpback bridge.
There was a little stream, or brook, never dry, flowing, now slow, now with torrential rapidity, for ever in its narrow ditch. Unsteadily a rustic bridge bestrode its dark waters, a rustic humpbacked bridge, in a state of extreme dilapidation.
1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hump-backed | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
humpbacked salmon · humpbacked elves
Relateds
Synonyms
hunchbacked (medical condition) · kyphotic (medical condition)
Translations (39)
hy սապատավոր (having a hump on the back) · fi koukkuselkäinen (having a hump on the back) · pl garbaty (having a hump on the back) · bg гърбав (having a hump on the back) · la gibber (having a hump on the back) · da pukkelrygget (having a hump on the back) · grc κυρτός (having a hump on the back) · fi kyttyräselkäinen (having a hump on the back) · tr kambur (having a hump on the back) · ru горба́тый (having a hump on the back) · ang ġehoferod (having a hump on the back) · hu púpos (having a hump on the back) · el καμπούρης (having a hump on the back) · hy կուզ (having a hump on the back) · cs hrbatý (having a hump on the back) · ja せむしの (having a hump on the back) · as কুঁজা (having a hump on the back) · yi קאַרפּאַטע (having a hump on the back) · de bucklig (having a hump on the back) · la gibbus (having a hump on the back) · gd crotach (having a hump on the back) · gl curvo (having a hump on the back) · pt corcunda (having a hump on the back) · fr bossu (having a hump on the back) · izh kyyryselkäin (having a hump on the back) · tl hukong (having a hump on the back) · ang hoferede (having a hump on the back) · pdt pucklich (having a hump on the back) · io giboza (having a hump on the back) · cmn 駝背的 /驼背的 (having a hump on the back) · as উঠঙা-পিঠীয়া (having a hump on the back) · grc ὑβός (having a hump on the back) · uk горба́тий (having a hump on the back) · sco hurklin (having a hump on the back) · gl chepudo (having a hump on the back) · ar أَحْدَب (having a hump on the back) · te కుబ్జము (having a hump on the back) · izh gorbain (having a hump on the back) · gl xiboso (having a hump on the back)