Humpty Dumpty
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly baby talk forms of Humphrey, since Dump and Dumphry have been recorded as pet forms of this given name. [1]
Proper noun
[edit]Humpty Dumpty
- A nursery rhyme character, a short, squat, egg-like being who falls from a wall and breaks, whose name has become synonymous with anything fragile or the existence of which is precarious.
- 2009, Philip Kennedy, A Modern Introduction to Theology: New Questions for Old Beliefs:
- For many people, traditional Christian theology is a Humpty-Dumpty: it has tumbled from its perch and can't be put together again.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]fairy tale character
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Noun
[edit]Humpty Dumpty (uncountable)
References
[edit]- ^ E.G.Withycombe: The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names. Oxford University Press 1971.