Humorous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Humorous \Hu"mor*ous\, a. [Cf. L. humorosus, umorosus, moist.
     See {Humor}.]
     1. Moist; humid; watery. [Obs.]
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              All founts wells, all deeps humorous. --Chapman.


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     2. Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular;
        capricious; whimsical. --Hawthorne.
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              Rough as a storm and humorous as the wind. --Dryden.
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     3. Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful; as, a
        humorous story or author; a humorous aspect.
  
     Syn: Jocose; facetious; witty; pleasant; merry.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "humorous":
     Attic, absurd, amusing, beguiling, biting, bizarre, brilliant,
     clever, comical, delightful, diverting, droll, eccentric,
     entertaining, facetious, farcical, fun, funny, hilarious,
     humorsome, hysterical, incongruous, jesting, jocose, jocular,
     joking, joky, joshing, keen, keen-witted, laughable, ludicrous,
     merry, mordant, nimble-witted, playful, pleasant, pointed,
     priceless, pungent, quaint, quick-witted, quizzical, rapier-like,
     recreational, rich, ridiculous, risible, salt, salty,
     scintillating, screaming, sharp, smart, sparkling, sprightly,
     titillating, titillative, waggish, whimsical, witty