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• n  a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
• s  characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column

• The final answer to that question is supplied by Richard III, the "crookback" who murders gentle Henry VI but dies ignominiously at last at the hands of Richmond.
• One day she read a book about Richard III and mentioned "crookback" to her mother.

• humpback
• hunchback
• crookbacked
• humped
• humpbacked
• hunchbacked
• gibbous
• kyphotic