Having a bent, curved, or deformed spine; hunched or hunchbacked.
Compound adjective of crook and backed, with -ed suffix indicating a state or condition; the same formation pattern as 'hunchbacked' or 'redheaded.'
This adjective form appears frequently in older literature to describe physical deformities, but its use has declined as modern society increasingly recognizes such descriptions as ableist.
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