humpty

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adjective

Short and thick; dumpy.

Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

adjectivehumpty (comparative more humpty, superlative most humpty)

comparative more humpty · superlative most humpty

  1. archaicShort and thick; dumpy.

    We went into a good-sized, unpainted, wooden room, and I was by no means agreeably surprised to find that my expected beauty was a humpty little girl of ten years old, with a good-humoured countenance.

    1820, William Turner, Journal of a Tour in the Levant, volume 1, page 142
nounhumpty (plural humpties)

plural humpties

  1. slangball gamesSynonym of humpty-dumpty (“an inferior player”).

    Synonyms: humpty-dumpty

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of humpty-dumpty (“an inferior player”).

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