round-shouldered [round-shohl-derd, -shohl-] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- having the shoulders bent forward, giving a rounded form to the upper part of the back.
Origin of round-shouldered First recorded in 1580–90 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for round-shouldered Historical Examples of round-shouldered
He nodded to the round-shouldered man who sat smoking on the doorstep.
A Breath of Prairie and other stories
Will Lillibridge
Ye’re goin’ to make thim near-sighted an’ round-shouldered,’ I says.
Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War
Finley Peter Dunne
She seemed so small, so round-shouldered—so different from what he had expected.
Robert W. Chambers
That if one sleeps with one’s head on a high pillow one will be round-shouldered.
George Jean Nathan
Marcus was small, round-shouldered, spindle-shanked, and freckle-faced.
Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
British Dictionary definitions for round-shouldered round-shouldered adjective
- denoting a faulty posture characterized by drooping shoulders and a slight forward bending of the back
Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 round-shouldered in Medicine round-shouldered adj.
- Having the shoulders and upper back rounded.
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