An archaic adjective meaning short and stockily built — thick through the middle, low to the ground, and generally round in silhouette.
An archaic adjective meaning short and stockily built — thick through the middle, low to the ground, and generally round in silhouette. The word predates its most famous association and simply described a dumpy physical build. While the adjective itself has largely fallen out of use in modern English, it lives on through the nursery rhyme character Humpty Dumpty, whose very name was chosen to evoke exactly this round, precarious shape sitting improbably on a wall.
The innkeeper was a humpty fellow, broad as a barrel, who barely cleared the door frame sideways.
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Literally, limbless Humpty Dumpty is sitting on that man's shoulders, and I will never take him seriously.
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(archaic) Short and thick; dumpy.
“should at least be using humpty dumpty's likeness”
““never should i ever be referred to humpty dumpty or egg man or doctor robotnik””
“Literally, limbless Humpty Dumpty is sitting on that man's shoulders, and I will never take him seriously.”
“all while looking like fucking humpty dumpty after the putting back together, what a guy”
“He's missing "do not ask me about my fucked up Humpty Dumpty-looking ass head."”
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