Crossword clues for humpty-dumpty
humpty-dumpty
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Humpty-dumpty
from French nursery rhyme hero (the rhyme first attested in English 1810), earlier "a short, clumsy person of either sex" (1785), probably a reduplication of Humpty, a pet form of Humphrey. Originally, humpty-dumpty was a drink (1690s), "ale boiled with brandy," probably from hump and dump, but the connection is obscure and there might not be one.'It's very provoking,' Humpty Dumpty said, ... 'to be called an egg -- very!' ["Through the Looking-Glass," 1872]
Usage examples of "humpty-dumpty".
His head seemed poised on top of the wall, hairless and bodyless, like Humpty-Dumpty.
The mind of the Humpty-Dumpty was what one would imagine the mind of a dog to be: a simple, affectless reflection of the passing scene.