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Humorous

//ˈhjuːməɹəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.

    "The waiters were so humorous - one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him."

  2. 2
    Showing humor; witty, jocular.
  3. 3
    Damp or watery. obsolete
  4. 4
    Dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical. obsolete

    "[S]uch is now the Duke's condition That he misconstrues all that you have done. The Duke is humorous; what he is, indeed, More suits you to conceive than I to speak of."

Adjective
  1. 1
    full of or characterized by humor wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English humorous (compare Medieval Latin hūmorōsus), equivalent to humor + -ous.

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