HyperDic: humpty_dumpty

English > 1 sense of the expression Humpty Dumpty:
NOUNperson Humpty Dumptyan egg-shaped character in a nursery rhyme who fell off a wall and could not be put back together again (late 17th century)
English > Humpty Dumpty: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningAn egg-shaped character in a nursery rhyme who fell off a wall and could not be put back together again (late 17th century).
Instance ofimaginary being, imaginary creatureA creature / creature of the imagination
SpanishHumpty Dumpty
CatalanHumpty Dumpty

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