Humorous
/ˈhjuːməɹəs/ adj
adj ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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 Showing humor; witty, jocular.
- 3 Damp or watery. obsolete
- 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 full of or characterized by humor wordnet
Example
More examples"His behavior at the party was so humorous that I could not help laughing."
Etymology
From Middle English humorous (compare Medieval Latin hūmorōsus), equivalent to humor + -ous.