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• Humpty Dumpty
  Humpty Dumpty

  noun

  an egg-shaped character in a Mother Goose nursery rhyme that fell off a wall and could not be put together again.
• humpty dumpty
  humpty dumpty

  noun

  a short fat person
• “Humpty Dumpty”
  “Humpty Dumpty”

  A nursery rhyme:

  Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall;

  Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

  All the king's horses and all the king's men

  Couldn't put Humpty together again.

Humpty Dumpty

American  

[huhmp-tee duhmp-tee] / ˈhʌmp ti ˈdʌmp ti /

noun

1. an egg-shaped character in a Mother Goose nursery rhyme that fell off a wall and could not be put together again.

2. (sometimes lowercase) something that has been damaged severely and usually irreparably.

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humpty dumpty British  

/ ˈhʌmptɪ ˈdʌmptɪ /

noun

1. a short fat person

2. a person or thing that once overthrown or broken cannot be restored or mended

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“Humpty Dumpty” Cultural  

1. A nursery rhyme:

   Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall;

   Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

   All the king's horses and all the king's men

   Couldn't put Humpty together again.

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Etymology

Origin of Humpty Dumpty

Rhyming compound based on humpty; see hump, -ed ³, -y ²