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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column [syn: crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked, gibbous, kyphotic] n
1: a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine [syn: humpback, hunchback, crookback]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1508 1. obsolete a crooked back 2. obsolete hunchback • crookbacked adjective

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Crookback Crook"back` (kr??k"b?k), n. A crooked back; one who has a crooked or deformed back; a hunchback.