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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
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Interjection
[edit]rumpty
- A nonsense word, especially in simple or childish songs.
- 2009, Patricia Reilly Giff, “chapter 6”, in Nory Ryan's Song:
- I sang it through, "Rumpty tumpty toddy man," as Granda thumped his blackthorn stick against the floor and everyone laughed.
- 2010, Dawn Dalglish, Jacob's World, page 127:
- […] he heard a distant sound, or song, behind him. "Rumpty didily dum. Rumpty dididly doo. Rumpty doo doo dumpty didily rumpty didily dum."
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[edit]Etymology 2
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Adjective
[edit]rumpty (comparative more rumpty, superlative most rumpty)
- (New Zealand) Of a quality below standard; in a state of disrepair.
- 2000, Nigel Cox, Skylark Lounge, page 12:
- I lived in a fringe of the city, down Happy Valley Road, in a bit of a rumpty palace of a house banged together by some DIY no-hoper.
Synonyms
[edit]- (below standard): dilapidated, run down
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[edit]Translations
[edit]below standard; in a state of disrepair