Outhumor

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To surpass in humor; to be funnier than. transitive

    "Charley Davis, says the Pittsburg Dispatch, tells a story about Mark Twain, in which the humorist was for once outhumored."

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"Charley Davis, says the Pittsburg Dispatch, tells a story about Mark Twain, in which the humorist was for once outhumored."

Etymology

From out- + humor.

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