HUMPTY-DUMPTY


Meaning of HUMPTY-DUMPTY in English

n. (pl. -ies)

1. a short dumpy person.

2 a person or thing that once overthrown cannot be restored.

Etymology: the nursery rhyme Humpty-Dumpty, perh. ult. f. HUMPY(1), DUMPY

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.