1. Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
   "The crookback character in the play elicited sympathy from the audience";
   - crookbacked [archaic], humpbacked, hunchbacked, gibbous, kyphotic [technical], hunchback

1. A person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
   "The crookback struggled to find comfortable clothing that fit properly";
   - humpback, hunchback

Derived forms: crookbacks

See also: unfit

Type of: cripple