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hunchbacked

[ huhnch-bakt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

1590–1600; blend of huckbacked see ( humpbacked ) and bunchbacked

Playing the hunchbacked Igor—pronounced “Eye-gore”—Marty is clearly having a ball.

On returning to the dining-room, I perceived that the picture representing Rigoletto, the hunchbacked jester, was no longer there.

Hunchbacked, with bloodshot eyes, he made up for his bodily defects by a facetious disposition.

But suppose the ‘fair lady’ should be ugly, hunchbacked, a shrew, or a troublesome coquette.

The door was opened by a sickly, hunchbacked lad who begged us to walk in, and who seemed to be quite alone there.

He spoke of the “Gray Streak,” of a hunchbacked Indian, of swift dog teams and of a curious cavern beneath the snow-covered earth.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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