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Webster 1913 Edition
Humorous
1.
Moist; humid; watery.
[Obs.]
All founts wells, all deeps
humorous
. Chapman.
2.
Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious; whimsical.
Hawthorne.
Rough as a storm and
humorous
as the wind. Dryden.
Syn. – Jocose; facetious; witty; pleasant; merry.
Webster 1828 Edition
Humorous
HU'MOROUS
,Adj.
1.
Having the power to speak or write in the style of humor; fanciful; playful; exciting laughter; as a humorous man or author.2.
Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious; whimsical. I am known to be a humorous patrician.
Rough as a storm, and humorous as the wind.
3.
Moist; humid. [Not in use.]Definition 2024
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English
Alternative forms
- humourous (unusual)
Adjective
humorous (comparative more humorous, superlative most humorous)
- Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.
- The waiters were so humorous - one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him.
- Showing humor; witty, jocular.
- (obsolete) Damp or watery.
- (obsolete) Dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.8:
- It is a melancholy humor […] that first put this humorous conceipt [transl. resverie] of writing into my head.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.8:
Synonyms
- (arousing laughter): amusing, funny
- (witty): amusing, jocular, witty
- See also Wikisaurus:funny
- See also Wikisaurus:witty
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Translations
full of humor or arousing laughter; funny
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