rumptyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA: /ˈɹʌmp.ti/

語源 1

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間投詞

rumpty

1. A nonsense word, especially in simple or childish songs.
   • 2009, Patricia Reilly Giff, “chapter 6”, in Nory Ryan's Song:

     I sang it through, "Rumpty tumpty toddy man," as Grandpa thumped his blackthorn stick against the floor and everyone laughed.

   • 2010, Dawn Dalglish, Jacob's World, page 127:

     […] he heard a distant sound, or song, behind him. "Rumpty didily dum. Rumpty dididly doo. Rumpty doo doo dumpty didily rumpty didily dum."

関連する語

• rumpti-
• rumpty-tumpty

語源 2

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形容詞

rumpty (comparative more rumpty, superlative most rumpty)

1. (New Zealand) Of a quality below standard; in a state of disrepair.
   • 2000, Nigel Cox, Skylark Lounge, page 12:

     I lived in a fringe of the city, down Happy Valley Road, in a bit of a rumpty palace of a house banged together by some DIY no-hoper.

同意語

• (below standard): dilapidated, run down

関連する語

• Rumpty

アナグラム

• Trumpy