downbent

adj

downbent

adj

/ˈdaʊnbɛnt/

Etymology From down- + bent.

1

Bent downward.

  • Beforetime of all Gods one have I seen in pain, / One only Titan bound with adamantine chain, / Atlas in strength supreme, who groaning stoops, downbent / Under the burthen of the earth and heaven's broad firmament.1924, G. M. Cookson, Prometheus Bound:

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