# brokeback

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #52,194

## Definitions
1. Hunchbacked.
2. Broken; derelict.

## Etymology
From break + back; first used for "hunchback" in Carson McCullers' 1943 novella The Ballad of the Sad Café.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/brokeback