Rumpelstiltskin
pronunciation
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- Noun:
- a dwarf in one of the fairy stories of the brothers Grimm; tells a woman he will not hold her to a promise if she can guess his name and when she discovers it he is so furious that he destroys himself
Word Origin
- Rumpelstiltskin (n.)
- 1840, from German Rumpelstilzchen. The German form of the name is used in English from 1828.
Example
- 1. Some readers will recall the fairy story of rumpelstiltskin .
- 2. Take it off ! Yes , and I 'm rumpelstiltskin .
- 3. A gnome , rumpelstiltskin , offers to do the job for her . But , once she marries , he says , she must give him her first child .