Humpty Dumpty Definition
humptē dumptē
noun
A short, squat character in an old nursery rhyme, a personification of an egg, who fell from a wall and broke into pieces.
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pronoun
A fairy tale character whose name has become synonymous with anything fragile or the existence of which is precarious.
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Origin of Humpty Dumpty
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Possibly baby talk forms of Humphrey, since Dump and Dumphry have been recorded as pet forms of this given name.
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