humpbacked
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humpbacked
Where it comes from
From hump + backed.
adjective hump-backed
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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.
Similar: hunchbacked, kyphotic
- 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.
verb
- simple past and past participle of humpback
Translations
Talk about this word "humpbacked." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/humpbacked. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. humpbacked. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/humpbacked "humpbacked." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/humpbacked.Cite this
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title = {humpbacked},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/humpbacked},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
