outhumourouthumorv.
/ˌaʊtˈhjuːmə/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈ(h)jumər/ rare.† 1. transitive. To put or drive (a person) out of a particular humour or mood. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > irritate [verb (transitive)]
gremec893
grillc897
teenOE
mispay?c1225
agrillec1275
oftenec1275
tarya1300
tarc1300
atenec1320
enchafec1374
to-tarc1384
stingc1386
chafe?a1400
pokec1400
irec1420
ertc1440
rehete1447
nettlec1450
bog1546
tickle1548
touch1581
urge1593
aggravate1598
irritate1598
dishumour1600
to wind up1602
to pick at ——1603
outhumour1607
vex1625
bloody1633
efferate1653
rankle1659
spleen1689
splenetize1700
rile1724
roil1742
to put out1796
to touch (also get, catch, etc.) (a person) on the raw1823
roughen1837
acerbate1845
to stroke against the hair, the wrong way (of the hair)1846
nag1849
to rub (a person, etc.) up the wrong way1859
frump1862
rattle1865
to set up any one's bristles1873
urticate1873
needle1874
draw1876
to rough up1877
to stick pins into1879
to get on ——1880
to make (someone) tiredc1883
razoo1890
to get under a person's skin1896
to get a person's goat1905
to be on at1907
to get a person's nanny1909
cag1919
to get a person's nanny-goat1928
cagmag1932
peeve1934
tick-off1934
to get on a person's tits1945
to piss off1946
bug1947
to get up a person's nose1951
tee1955
bum1970
tick1975
1607 G. Wilkins Miseries Inforst Marriage v, in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1874) IX. 565 I will out humour you, Fight with you and lose my life.
2. transitive. To surpass or outdo in humour.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > cause laughter [verb (transitive)] > surpass in humour
outhumour1883
1883 American 6 219 A passage in which our humorist out-humors himself.
1986 Manch. Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 14 Sept. The president of Yale outhumoured the Prince with a disparaging reference to the gauche commemorative chocolates on sale outside the learned gates.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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