humpty-dumptyn.adj.

/ˈhʌm(p)tɪˈdʌm(p)ti/

Forms: Also 1600s humtee dumtee, humtee dumty.

Etymology: It is doubtful whether the word is the same in senses A. 1, A. 2: in sense A. 1 the name may have been concocted out of hum n.¹ 3; in sense A. 2 it is evidently formed < hump and dump , though this would naturally give humpy-dumpy (compare humpy adj.), and the intrusive t is not clearly accounted for.

A. n.

1. A drink made with ‘ale boiled with brandy’ (B.E. Dict. Cant. Crew, a1700).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > spirits and beer or ale

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1698 W. King Journey to London 35 He answer'd me that he had a thousand such sort of Liquors, as Humtie Dumtie, Three Threads.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Pref. p. xxxiii He is better skill'd in the Catalogues of Ales, his Humty Dumty, Hugmatee, Three-Threads, and the rest of that glorious List, than in the Catalogues of MSS.

1837 B. Disraeli Venetia I. 151 They drank humpty-dumpty, which is ale boiled with brandy.

2. A short, dumpy, hump-shouldered person. In the well-known nursery rhyme or riddle (quoted below) commonly explained as signifying an egg (in reference to its shape); thence allusively used of persons or things which when once overthrown or shattered cannot be restored.In the nursery rhyme or riddle there are numerous variations of the last two lines, e.g. ‘Not all the king's horses and all the king's men Could [can] set [put] Humpty Dumpty up again [in his place again, together again]’.

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the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > and broadness > person

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mesomorph1940

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > breaking into pieces or shattering > that which is shattered and cannot be restored

humpty-dumpty1785

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Humpty-Dumpty, a little humpty dumpty man or woman; a short clumsey person of either sex.

1810 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurton's Garland iii. 36 [Not in Ritson's ed. c1760, nor in the reprint of that in 1810] Humpty dumpty sate on a wall, Humpti dumpti had a great fall; Threescore men and threescore more, Cannot place Humpty dumpty as he was before.

1843 J. O. Halliwell Nursery Rhymes 113 [giving prec. version adds] Note. Sometimes the last two lines run as follows: All the king's horses and all the king's men, Could not set Humpty Dumpty up again.

1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 39 To try the game of Humpty-Dumpty and to fall.

1871 ‘L. Carroll’ Through Looking-glass vi. 114 ‘It's very provoking’, Humpty Dumpty said,..‘to be called an egg—very!’

1883 J. W. Sherer At Home & in India 193 She..could not, by all the miracles of millinery, be made other than a humpty-dumpty.

1896 Westm. Gaz. 26 June 3/1 Now that the Education Humpty-Dumpty has tumbled off the wall, and is hopelessly poached for the present year, and all the king's horses and all the king's men can't set him up again, the life has gone out of Parliament.

B. adj.

a. Short and fat. Also allusively referring to the Humpty-Dumpty of the nursery rhyme.

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the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective] > and broad

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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [adjective] > bursting, shattering, or breaking into pieces > that shatters and cannot be restored

humpty-dumpty1898

1785 [see sense A. 2].

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Humpty-dumpty, short and broad, ‘He's a lile humpty-dumpty fellow’.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 9 July 6/3 To set the humpty-dumpty conversion firmly on its legs.

b. Applied to a mechanical rhythm, as in the nursery rhyme.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhythm > [adjective] > type of rhythm

humpty-dumpty1887

1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. iv. 128 The same humpty-dumpty measure of eights and sixes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	humpty-dumpty
释义	humpty-dumptyn.adj. /ˈhʌm(p)tɪˈdʌm(p)ti/ Forms: Also 1600s humtee dumtee, humtee dumty. Etymology: It is doubtful whether the word is the same in senses A. 1, A. 2: in sense A. 1 the name may have been concocted out of hum n.¹ 3; in sense A. 2 it is evidently formed < hump and dump , though this would naturally give humpy-dumpy (compare humpy adj.), and the intrusive t is not clearly accounted for. A. n. 1. A drink made with ‘ale boiled with brandy’ (B.E. Dict. Cant. Crew, a1700). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > spirits and beer or ale purl1659 flip1695 hotpot1698 humpty-dumpty1698 upright1796 dog's nose1823 cobbler's punch1865 horse's neck1903 1698 W. King Journey to London 35 He answer'd me that he had a thousand such sort of Liquors, as Humtie Dumtie, Three Threads. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Pref. p. xxxiii He is better skill'd in the Catalogues of Ales, his Humty Dumty, Hugmatee, Three-Threads, and the rest of that glorious List, than in the Catalogues of MSS. 1837 B. Disraeli Venetia I. 151 They drank humpty-dumpty, which is ale boiled with brandy. 2. A short, dumpy, hump-shouldered person. In the well-known nursery rhyme or riddle (quoted below) commonly explained as signifying an egg (in reference to its shape); thence allusively used of persons or things which when once overthrown or shattered cannot be restored.In the nursery rhyme or riddle there are numerous variations of the last two lines, e.g. ‘Not all the king's horses and all the king's men Could [can] set [put] Humpty Dumpty up again [in his place again, together again]’. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > and broadness > person knarc1405 hoddy-doddya1556 trunk1586 truncheon1601 stump1602 fubs1614 dumpling1617 punch1669 Punchinello1669 spud1688 knur1691 knurl1691 runt1699 squab1699 swad1706 humpty-dumpty1785 junt1787 knurlinga1796 pudge1808 stumpie1820 nugget1825 podge1834 dump1840 dumpy1868 pyknic1925 mesomorph1940 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > breaking into pieces or shattering > that which is shattered and cannot be restored humpty-dumpty1785 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Humpty-Dumpty, a little humpty dumpty man or woman; a short clumsey person of either sex. 1810 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurton's Garland iii. 36 [Not in Ritson's ed. c1760, nor in the reprint of that in 1810] Humpty dumpty sate on a wall, Humpti dumpti had a great fall; Threescore men and threescore more, Cannot place Humpty dumpty as he was before. 1843 J. O. Halliwell Nursery Rhymes 113 [giving prec. version adds] Note. Sometimes the last two lines run as follows: All the king's horses and all the king's men, Could not set Humpty Dumpty up again. 1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 39 To try the game of Humpty-Dumpty and to fall. 1871 ‘L. Carroll’ Through Looking-glass vi. 114 ‘It's very provoking’, Humpty Dumpty said,..‘to be called an egg—very!’ 1883 J. W. Sherer At Home & in India 193 She..could not, by all the miracles of millinery, be made other than a humpty-dumpty. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 26 June 3/1 Now that the Education Humpty-Dumpty has tumbled off the wall, and is hopelessly poached for the present year, and all the king's horses and all the king's men can't set him up again, the life has gone out of Parliament. B. adj. a. Short and fat. Also allusively referring to the Humpty-Dumpty of the nursery rhyme. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective] > and broad short shoulderedc1405 bunting1584 squaddy1593 chubby1611 truncheon1611 squat1630 squabbish1666 truss1674 squab1675 squad1675 stocky1676 punch1679 trunch1683 squat1688 stub1711 fodgel1724 thick-set1724 puddy1747 chunky1749 dumpy1750 squabby1754 knurly1758 clunch1776 trunchy1778 fubsy1780 punchy1780 humpty-dumpty1785 trunched1787 pudgy1788 fubby1790 runty1807 squattish1809 roly-poly1818 stumpy1822 hoddy-doddy1824 spuddya1825 hodmandod1825 stubby1831 podgy1832 fubsical1834 dumpty1847 fatling1847 stuggy1847 nuggety1856 cloddy1876 blocky1879 chumpy188. cobby1883 squidgy1891 stockish1913 pyknic1925 humpisha1935 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [adjective] > bursting, shattering, or breaking into pieces > that shatters and cannot be restored humpty-dumpty1898 1785 [see sense A. 2]. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Humpty-dumpty, short and broad, ‘He's a lile humpty-dumpty fellow’. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 9 July 6/3 To set the humpty-dumpty conversion firmly on its legs. b. Applied to a mechanical rhythm, as in the nursery rhyme. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhythm > [adjective] > type of rhythm humpty-dumpty1887 1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. iv. 128 The same humpty-dumpty measure of eights and sixes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1698
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