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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Cf. L.

humorosus

umorosus

, moist. See

Moist; humid; watery.

[Obs.]

All founts wells, all deeps

humorous

Chapman.

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.

Adj.

Containing humor; full of wild or fanciful images; adapted to excite laughter; jocular;as a humorous essay; a humorous story.

Having the power to speak or write in the style of humor; fanciful; playful; exciting laughter; as a humorous man or author.

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.

Moist; humid. [Not in use.]