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Definition of Crookbacked
1. Adjective. Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column.
Similar to: Unfit
Derivative terms: Crookback, Gibbosity, Gibbousness, Kyphosis
Definition of Crookbacked
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crookbacked
Literary usage of Crookbacked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. German-English medical dictionary by Joseph R. Waller (1898)
"Brüten, v., to brood. Buckel, m., humpback; hunch, hump, boss, knob, scoliosis.
Bucklig, a., hunchbacked, crookbacked. Bündel, n., bundle, fasciculus. ..."
2. Utopia: And History of King Richard III by Thomas More (1834)
"... in body and prowess far under them both, little of stature, ill-featured of
limbs, crookbacked, his left shoulder much higher than his right, ..."
3. Utopia: And History of King Richard III by Thomas More (1834)
"... body and prowess far under them both, little of stature, ill-featured of limbs,
crookbacked, his left shoulder much higher than his right, ..."
4. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (1860)
"... and she had once heard him say, that if that crookbacked son lived to inherit
his father's ill-gotten gains, there would be a curse upon him. ..."
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