swaybacked adj : having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses) [syn: dipped, lordotic, swayback]

English

Alternative spellings

• sway-backed

Etymology

sway + -backed

Adjective

1. having sagged back (swaybacked horse)
2. having sagged or hollow surface (swaybacked roof)
3. old (swaybacked book)

bandy, bandy-legged, blemished, bloated, bowlegged, club-footed, defaced, deformed, disfigured, dwarfed, flatfooted, grotesque, ill-made, ill-proportioned, ill-shaped, knock-kneed, malformed, marred, misbegotten, misproportioned, misshapen, monstrous, mutilated, out of shape, pigeon-toed, pug-nosed, rachitic, rickety, simous, snub-nosed, stumpy, talipedic, truncated