humorous
English
/ˈhjuːməɹəs/, /ˈhjuːməɹɪs/
adj
Definitions
- Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.
- Showing humor; witty, jocular.
- (obsolete) Damp or watery.
- (obsolete) Dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English humorous affix from English humor.
Origin
English
humor
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dishumor English
- humor English
- humorful English
- humorise English
- humorism English
- humorist English
- humorize English
- humorless English
- humorously English
- humorousness English
- humorsome English
- neurohumor English
- nonhumorous English
- outhumor English
- unhumorous English
- unhumorously English
- hūmor Latin
- humor Dutch, Flemish
- humorous Middle English
- humor Old French
- humor Serbo-Croatian