humpty

/ ˈhʌmptɪ /

noun

1. a low padded seat; pouffe

Word History and Origins

Origin of humpty¹

C20: from humpty hunchbacked, perhaps influenced by Humpty Dumpty (nursery rhyme)

Example Sentences

Donald Trump is broken and no one can put Humpty Trumpty back together again.

From Salon

A house on the site said to be the inspiration for the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme has been put up for sale.

From BBC

Humpty Dumpty is often depicted as an anthropomorphic egg that falls off a wall and breaks, with all the King's horses and men being unable to put him together again.

From BBC

Back in 1842, the now defunct Punch magazine alluded to Humpty Dumpty being based on Wolsey, who was once Henry VIII's chief adviser before being suspected of treason.

From BBC

Abdul-Jabbar offered his take on the incident — “Humpty Kareem had a great fall,” he joked in the very first sentence — in a Substack post written days after taking a tumble while attending a performance by the Manhattan Transfer at Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times