Humpty Dumpty

[huhmp-tee duhmp-tee]

Hump·ty Dump·ty

[huhmp-tee duhmp-tee]
noun
1.
an egg-shaped character in a Mother Goose nursery rhyme that fell off a wall and could not be put together again.
2.
(sometimes lowercase) something that has been damaged severely and usually irreparably.

Origin:
rhyming compound based on humpty; see hump, -ed3, -y2
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Humpty Dumpty is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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humpty dumpty (ˈhʌmptɪ ˈdʌmptɪ)
 
n
1.  a short fat person
2.  a person or thing that once overthrown or broken cannot be restored or mended
 
[C18: after the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty]

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Main Entry:  Humpty Dumpty1
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a rotund person; also written humpty dumpty
Etymology:  from nursery rhyme character
Main Entry:  Humpty Dumpty2
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  something or someone that cannot be restored once damaged; also written humpty dumpty
Etymology:  from nursery rhyme character
Main Entry:  humpty dumpty1
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See Humpty Dumpty
Main Entry:  humpty dumpty2
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See Humpty Dumpty
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