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humourous: 1 adj full of or characterized by humor Synonyms: humorous bantering , facetious , tongue-in-cheek cleverly amusing in tone buffoonish , clownish , clownlike , zany like a clown amusing , comic , comical , funny , laughable , mirthful , risible arousing or provoking laughter droll comical in an odd or whimsical manner dry , ironic , ...
Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin humor ‘moisture’, from humere ‘be moist’. The original sense was ‘bodily fluid’ (surviving in aqueous humour and vitreous humour); it was used specifically for any of the cardinal humours (sense (3)), which led to the sense ‘mental disposition’ (thought to be caused by the relative proportions of the humours).
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characterized by humor; funny; comical. a humorous anecdote. 2. having or showing the faculty of humor; droll; facetious. a humorous person. SYNONYMS 1. ludicrous, laughable. 2. jocose, jocular, comic, comical. humorous, witty, facetious, waggish imply something that arises from cleverness or a sense of fun. humorous implies a genuine sense of ...
Humorous definition: Full of or characterized by humor; funny. The information is helpful and there are even humorous elements to the presentation.
Examples from the Corpus humorous • It was a brilliant speech - clear, precise and humorous. • Joyce thought this last remark was humorous. • The book is a humorous account of a young man's travels in South America. • humorous birthday cards • Dorothy was trying to make what she said humorous, but Harriet felt threatened.
