humouringhumoringn.

Brit.

/ˈhjuːm(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)jumərɪŋ/

Forms: see humour v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: humour v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < humour v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action or an act of humour v. (in various senses); esp. the action or an act of accommodating oneself to or complying with a person or thing.In quot. 1602: the action of taking advantage of someone by appearing to indulge or accommodate oneself to him or her.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun] > obligingness or complaisance

humouring1602

complacence1626

obligingness1638

complying1639

compliance1641

complacency1651

complaisance1651

accommodableness1663

obligation1664

complaisancy1710

prevenience1751

compliancy1765

prevenancy1768

prevenance1823

1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v The Art of Humoring. The Art of carrying stones..: Wherin are manifested the nature of Humorists, such as can insinuate themselues into euerie mans companie.

1667 R. Baxter Reasons Christian Relig. Pref. sig. b I had more compassion on the sober reader, than for the humouring of every brainsick Sceptick, to stand proving that two and two are four.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Introd. 17 [He] had not so bad a hand at Humouring and Personating, but that several believed, it was the Tyrant himself.

1752 N. Rowe in Wks. De La Bruyere II. 152 Many Persons of agreeable Talents..who never lived but for other Men, the humouring of whom, one would think they had accounted the End of their Creation.

1776 H. Cowley Runaway v. 67 Are they, so, Mistress? then farewell to humourings, since your sentiments are so strong, your resolution cannot be weak.

1858 Christian Reformer Mar. 136 We have taken Brahmins into our army, and then allowed them not only to insist that no other caste shall enter, but to require all sorts of paltry caste indulgences and humourings.

1885 Athenæum 1 Aug. 136/3 To let the stream bear them [sc. flies] on..without that..undefinable humouring of them which an angler occasionally gives.

1915 T. Dreiser Genius xix. 131 ‘You spoiled Papa, didn't you?’ asked Angela sagely, recalling all the little humorings her father had received.

1958 W. G. Spencer Art of Bassoon Playing 16/1 When testing a new instrument this humoring must be kept to a minimum.

2007 A. D. Nuttall Shakespeare the Thinker i. 78 We are watching something closer to the humouring of a lunatic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	humouring
释义	humouringhumoringn. Brit. /ˈhjuːm(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈ(h)jumərɪŋ/ Forms: see humour v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: humour v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < humour v. + -ing suffix¹. The action or an act of humour v. (in various senses); esp. the action or an act of accommodating oneself to or complying with a person or thing.In quot. 1602: the action of taking advantage of someone by appearing to indulge or accommodate oneself to him or her. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun] > obligingness or complaisance humouring1602 complacence1626 obligingness1638 complying1639 compliance1641 complacency1651 complaisance1651 accommodableness1663 obligation1664 complaisancy1710 prevenience1751 compliancy1765 prevenancy1768 prevenance1823 1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v The Art of Humoring. The Art of carrying stones..: Wherin are manifested the nature of Humorists, such as can insinuate themselues into euerie mans companie. 1667 R. Baxter Reasons Christian Relig. Pref. sig. b I had more compassion on the sober reader, than for the humouring of every brainsick Sceptick, to stand proving that two and two are four. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Introd. 17 [He] had not so bad a hand at Humouring and Personating, but that several believed, it was the Tyrant himself. 1752 N. Rowe in Wks. De La Bruyere II. 152 Many Persons of agreeable Talents..who never lived but for other Men, the humouring of whom, one would think they had accounted the End of their Creation. 1776 H. Cowley Runaway v. 67 Are they, so, Mistress? then farewell to humourings, since your sentiments are so strong, your resolution cannot be weak. 1858 Christian Reformer Mar. 136 We have taken Brahmins into our army, and then allowed them not only to insist that no other caste shall enter, but to require all sorts of paltry caste indulgences and humourings. 1885 Athenæum 1 Aug. 136/3 To let the stream bear them [sc. flies] on..without that..undefinable humouring of them which an angler occasionally gives. 1915 T. Dreiser Genius xix. 131 ‘You spoiled Papa, didn't you?’ asked Angela sagely, recalling all the little humorings her father had received. 1958 W. G. Spencer Art of Bassoon Playing 16/1 When testing a new instrument this humoring must be kept to a minimum. 2007 A. D. Nuttall Shakespeare the Thinker i. 78 We are watching something closer to the humouring of a lunatic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1602
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