跼せくぐむ

godan verb (-mu)

bend down with a round back; hunch over

Rare literary verb describing a posture where the back is rounded while bending forward. Cross-referenced with 跼まる (せくぐまる), which may be a more common variant.

See also: 跼まる

• 老ろう人じんは跼せくぐんで庭にわの草くさをむしっていた。

  The old man was hunched over, weeding the garden.