English Explanatory Dictionary

brokeback

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Hunchbacked.
  2. Broken; derelict.
adj
  1. Homoerotic; homosexual, gay.
adj
  1. Alternative spelling of brokeback in the homosexual sense.

Pronunciation

En-au-brokeback.ogg

Word forms

brokeback

Etymology

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

Derived words

brokeback marriage
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