Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Humorous"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Humorous \Hu"mor*ous\, a. [Cf. L. humorosus, umorosus, moist.
See {Humor}.]
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.

3. Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful; as, a
humorous story or author; a humorous aspect.

Syn: Jocose; facetious; witty; pleasant; merry.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

humorous
adj : full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories";
"humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein" [ant: {humorless}]


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