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Humpty Dumpty
humpty dumpty (ˈhʌmptɪ ˈdʌmptɪ) n1. a short fat person2. a person or thing that once overthrown or broken cannot be restored or mended[C18: after the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty]Hump•ty Dump•ty (ˈhʌmp ti ˈdʌmp ti)
n., pl. Humpty Dump•ties. an egg-shaped character in a Mother Goose nursery rhyme who fell off a wall and could not be put together again. [1780–90; rhyming compound based on hump and dump] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Humpty Dumpty - an egg-shaped character in a nursery rhyme who fell off a wall and could not be put back together again (late 17th century) |
TranslationsHumpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumptyarbitrarily gives his own meanings to words, and tolerates no objections. [Br. Lit.: Lewis Carroll Through the Looking-Glass]See: Arrogance
Humpty Dumpty“egg” in Mother Goose who, among other things, alludes to fatness. [Children’s Lit.: Mother Goose]See: Fatness
Humpty Dumptyall the King’s men failed to reassemble him. [Nuns. Rhyme: Mother Goose, 40]See: IrreversibilityHumpty Dumpty
Referring to any trait linked to Humpty-Dumpty, the anthropomorphised egg from Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (1872) |