hunchback

English

Etymology

Back-formation from hunchbacked.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʌnt͡ʃbæk/

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Noun

hunchback (plural hunchbacks)

1. One who is stooped or hunched over.
2. A deformed upper spinal column in the shape of a hump in the back.
3. (derogatory) A person with kyphosis, a spinal deformity that causes a hunched over appearance.
   • 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 364:

     The Legend of Knock-Grafton tells how a little hunchback, while sitting to rest at nightfall at the side of a Rath or Moat, heard the fairies within singing over and over again, Da Luan, Da Mart! (i.e., Monday, Tuesday!) and added, weary with the monotony, Agus da Cadin! (i.e., and Wednesday!).

Lon Chaney as Quasimodo in the 1923 film adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Synonyms

• humpback
• stooped

Derived terms

• Kelso's hunchback
• hunchbacked

Translations

one who is stooped or hunched over — see humpback

deformed upper spinal column — see humpback

derogatory: person with kyphosis

• Azerbaijani: qozbel, donqar
• Czech: hrbáč m
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} ĝibulo
• Finnish: koukkuselkä (fi), kyttyräselkä
• French: bossu (fr) m, bossue (fr) f
• German: Buckliger (de) m, Bucklige (de) f
• Greek: καμπούρης (el) m (kampoúris), καμπούρα (el) f (kampoúra)
• Hungarian: púpos (hu)
• Irish: cruitíneach m
• Māori: piari
• Portuguese: corcunda (pt) m or f
• Tagalog: kuba
• Turkish: kambur (tr)

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• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 곱사 (gopsa), ^{(please verify)} 곱사등이 (gopsadeung'i), ^{(please verify)} 꼽추 (kkopchu)