(archaic) Short and thick; dumpy.

(idiomatic) The practice of insisting that a word means whatever one wishes it to.

A nursery rhyme character, a short, squat, egg-like being who falls from a wall and breaks, whose name has become synonymous with anything fragile or the existence of which is precarious.

(obsolete) A Romani drink of ale boiled with brandy.

Alternative form of Humpty Dumptyism

plural of Humpty Dumpty word

A word of no fixed meaning, used for different things by different people.