Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Short and broad. Hence the name “Humpty-Dumpty” in “Mother Goose,” personifying an egg.
- n. A favorite Gipsy beverage, consisting of ale boiled with brandy.
Wiktionary
- n. A fairy tale character whose name has become synonymous with anything fragile or the existence of which is precarious.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an egg-shaped character in a nursery rhyme who fell off a wall and could not be put back together again (late 17th century)
Etymologies
- Possibly baby talk forms of Humphrey, since Dump and Dumphry have been recorded as pet forms of this given name. (Wiktionary)
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marky what an idiot. Nov 4, 2010