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Meaning of 'humor' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Humor [ n.]
- Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.
- A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin.
- State of mind, whether habitual or temporary (as formerly supposed to depend on the character or combination of the fluids of the body); disposition; temper; mood; as, good humor; ill humor.
- Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims.
- That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness.
2 . Humor [ v. t.]
- To comply with the humor of; to adjust matters so as suit the peculiarities, caprices, or exigencies of; to adapt one's self to; to indulge by skillful adaptation; as, to humor the mind.
- To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please.

Meaning of 'humor' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . humor [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Example in sentence:
  • he was in a bad humor;
  • whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time
Meaning (2):
- the quality of being funny
Example in sentence:
  • I fail to see the humor in it
Meaning (3):
- the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous
Example in sentence:
  • she didn't appreciate my humor;
  • you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor
Meaning (4):
- (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state
Example in sentence:
  • the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile

Nearby Words:

hum human humanate humane humanics humanify humanism humanist humanistic humanitarian

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