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Rumpty vs Numpty - What's the difference?

rumpty | numpty |

As nouns the difference between rumpty and numpty

is that rumpty is nickname for a Farman airplane while numpty is an idiot, dolt or fool.

As a particle rumpty

is a nonsense word, especially in simple or childish songs.

As an adjective rumpty

is of a quality below standard; in a state of disrepair.

rumpty

English

Etymology 1

Particle

(head)
  • A nonsense word, especially in simple or childish songs.
  • * 2009 , Patricia Reilly Giff, Nory Ryan's Song , chapter 6
    • I sang it through, "Rumpty tumpty toddy man ," as Granda 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. "
    Related terms
    * rumpti- * rumpty-tumpty

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (NZ) 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.
    Synonyms
    * (below standard) dilapidated, run down
    Related terms
    * Rumpty

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (-)
  • (UK, finance) 1/32 of a pound sterling.

    • numpty

    English

    Alternative forms

    * numptie

    Noun

    (numpties)
  • (British, pejorative) An idiot, dolt or fool.
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