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humorous, a.|ˈhjuːmərəs|
Also 6–8 humerous, 7 humurous, 7–9 humourous.
[In sense 1, perh. a. obs. F. humereux damp, full of sap (16th c. in Godef.), ad. late L. (h)ūmōrōs-us moist, wet, f. hūmor moisture, etc. In other senses, from Engl. senses of humour. For the spelling and pronunciation see humour n.]
†1. Moist, humid, damp: see humour n. 1. Obs.
(In first quot. with play on sense 3.)
1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. ii. i. 31 He hath hid himselfe among these Trees To be consorted with the Humerous night. 1603Drayton Bar. Wars i. xlvii, The hum'rous Fogges. c1611Chapman Iliad xxi. 186 All founts, wells, all deeps humorous. 1612Drayton Poly-olb. xiii. 214 Every lofty top, which late the humorous night Bespangled had with pearle.
†2. Pertaining to the bodily humours (see humour n. 2); of diseases, Caused by a disordered state of the humours: = humoral 1. Obs.
1578Burghley Let. to Hatton 21 Apr., in Ld. Campbell Chancellors (1857) II. xlv. 268 Only the withdrawing of some one tooth that is touched with some humorous cause. 1697R. Pierce Bath Mem. ii. ii. 268 In all the three Degrees of Difficulty in Breathing..some Humerous, some Nervous, some mix'd. 1733Cheyne Eng. Malady i. vi. §10 (1734) 60 Other chronical and humorous Distempers. 1831J. Morison in Morisoniana 382 Small Pox Virus, inherent..in proportion to the state of your own humourous affections.
†3. Subject to, influenced by, or dependent on humour or mood; full of humours or fancies; fanciful, capricious, whimsical, humoursome; odd, fantastic. (Of persons, actions, etc.) Obs. or arch.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. iii. i. 177, I that haue beene loues whip? A verie Beadle to a humerous sigh. 1602Kyd Sp. Trag. i, You know that women oft are humurous. 1632Lithgow Trav. ii. 71 The fluctuary motions of the humerous multitude. 1653Gauden Hierasp. 151 Built upon the sands of humerous novelty, not on the rock of holy antiquity. 1709Steele Tatler No. 54 ⁋1 Pall'd Appetite is humorous, and must be gratify'd with Sauces rather than Food. 1823Valperga III. 42, I am self-willed, sullen, and humourous.
†b. Moody, peevish, ill-humoured, out of humour.
1600Shakes. A.Y.L. i. ii. 278 The Duke is humorous. 1640Quarles Enchirid. iii. 10 Be not Angry with him..too often, lest he count thee humorous. 1670Baxter Cure Ch. Div. 250 Those that are of uncharitable, humerous, peevish, contentious and fiery spirits. 1693Penn Fruits Solitude (ed. 2) §18. 9 He is humorous to his Wife, he beats his Children. 1842Miss Mitford in L'Estrange Life (1870) III. ix. 142 Mr. Roebuck..is as cantankerous and humorous (in the old Shakesperian sense) as Cassius himself.
4. Full of, characterized by, or showing humour or drollery (see humour n. 7); facetious, jocular, comical, funny. (Of persons, actions, etc.)
1705Addison Italy (J.), Others [tell us] that this..alludes to the story of the satyr Marsyas..which I think is more humorous. 1738Swift Pol. Conversat. p. xiv, Whatever Person would aspire to be completely witty, smart, humourous, and polite. 1756–7tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) I. 216 Mr. du Vernet..drew up the following humorous letter..to the Moon, desiring her not to shew herself next Monday. 1861Wright Ess. Archæol. II. xxiii. 230 A taste for the humorous is..independent of national difference. 1876Besant & Rice Gold. Butterfly Prol. ii, The Western American is always humorous. |