Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

humpbacked

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: hump-backed
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.

adj

Being a humpback bridge.

verb

simple past and past participle of humpback

Example Sentences

"All modern camels are humpbacked creatures, but the number of humps depends on the species."
"There was a little stream, or brook, never dry, flowing, now slow, now with torrential rapidity, for ever in its narrow ditch. Unsteadily a rustic bridge bestrode its dark waters, a rustic humpbacked bridge, in a state of extreme dilapidation."

Etymology

From hump + backed.

Inflected Forms

hump-backed (alternative)

Phrases

humpbacked salmon humpbacked elves

Frequently Paired Words

humpback

Synonyms

hunchbacked kyphotic crookback crookbacked humped gibbous

Questions

What does humpbacked mean?: Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.
Where does humpbacked come from?: From hump + backed.

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