humpty dumpty

English - Turkish

Definition of humpty dumpty in English Turkish dictionary

bodur ve şişko tip

kırılınca tamir edilemeyen şey

bodur ve şişko kimse

kırılınca tamir edilemeyen şey

bodur ve şişko tip

Related Terms

humptydumpty

düşüp kırılınca tamir edilemeyen şey

English - English

Definition of humpty dumpty in English English dictionary

A fairy tale character whose name has become synonymous with anything fragile or the existence of which is precarious

a character in a nursery rhyme (=an old song or poem for young children) and in the book Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll, who is like a large egg in shape. The rhyme goes: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,/Humpty Dumpty had a great fall./All the King's horses and all the King's men/Couldn't put Humpty together again

an egg-shaped character in a nursery rhyme who fell off a wall and could not be put back together again (late 17th century)

{i} egg shaped figure in a nursery rhyme; person who is short and fat; person who once dethroned cannot be brought back; thing that at the moment that it is overthrown cannot be restored

Hyphenation

hump·ty dumpty

Turkish pronunciation

hʌmpti dʌmpti

Pronunciation

/ˈhəmptē ˈdəmptē/ /ˈhʌmptiː ˈdʌmptiː/

Etymology

[ "h&m(p)-tE-'d&m(p)-tE ] (noun.) 1883. Possibly baby talk forms of Humphrey, since Dump and Dumphry have been recorded as pet forms of this given name. E.G.Withycombe: The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names. Oxford University Press 1971.