Humours
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of humour form-of, plural
Verb
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of humour form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Example
More examples"I have always held, too, that pistol practice should be distinctly an open-air pastime; and when Holmes, in one of his queer humours, would sit in an arm-chair with his hair-trigger and a hundred Boxer cartridges, and proceed to adorn the opposite wall with a patriotic V. R. done in bullet-pocks, I felt strongly that neither the atmosphere nor the appearance of our room was improved by it."
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