humptyadj.n.
/ˈhʌm(p)ti/, U.S. /ˈhəm(p)ti/ A. adj. Humped, humpbacked.
Combinations, as humpty-backed adj.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > hump back
hoveredc897
embossedc1430
bow-backed1470
crook-backed1477
courbe-backed1480
bunch-backed1519
hunchbacked1598
buncht-back1603
crouch-backed1606
hulch1611
hulch-backed1611
hulched1611
crouchback1627
camel-backed1631
huck-backed1631
hulchy1632
boss-backed1640
gibbous1646
huckle-backeda1652
hulck-backed1656
hunched1656
crump-backeda1661
humpbacked1681
humped1713
humpback1726
humptya1825
hunchy1841
bible-backed1857
crooked-backed1866
cyphotic1889
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] > having (a) protuberance(s) > having lumps or bumps
bumped1597
hulchy1632
humpy1708
lumpy1708
bumpy1769
hunchy1881
humpty1889
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Humpty, hunch-backed.
1889 H. M. Stanley in Daily News 26 Nov. 5/8 The humpty western flank [of a mountain] dipped down..into lands that we knew not by name as yet.
1898 Daily News 2 May 6/5 Humpty backed (as they call it in that region).
B. n.
A low padded cushion seat, a dumpty.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > [noun] > cushioned seat
pulvinar1600
musnud1763
humpty1924
1924 Drapery Sale Catal. Humptys and Cushions.
1926 Brit. Weekly 18 Mar. 600/2 The ladies of the village are busy making ‘humpties’, soft cushion seats to pull up on the rug before the peat fire.
1928 Daily Express 23 Jan. 5/2 Home-made Humpty.
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adj.n.a1825