humorous

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈhjuːməɹəs/(UK)
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/ˈhjuːməɹəs/(UK) · /ˈhjuːməɹəs/(US)

Definition of humorous

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.
    “The waiters were so humorous - one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him.”
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adj

  1. Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.
    “The waiters were so humorous - one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him.”
  2. Showing humor; witty, jocular.
  3. (obsolete)Damp or watery.
  4. (obsolete)Dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical.
    “[S]uch is now the Duke's condition That he misconstrues all that you have done. The Duke is humorous; what he is, indeed, More suits you to conceive than I to speak of.”
    “It is a melancholy humor[…]that firſt put this humorous conceipt [translating resverie] of writing into my head.”
    “I felt at this time as if I could have been fond of him too, if he would have let me; but I was timid from my childhood, and before long my dread of his displeasure […] conquered my humorous inclination to love one who was so handsome, so accomplished, so indulgent and devoted.”

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Etymology

From Middle English humorous (compare Medieval Latin hūmorōsus), equivalent to humor + -ous.

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