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hu·mour
 (hyōō'mər) Pronunciation Key
n. & v. Chiefly British Variant of humor. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| humour | |
noun | |
| 1. | a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor" [syn: temper] |
| 2. | a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter [syn: wit] |
| 3. | (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state; "the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile" [syn: humor] |
| 4. | the liquid parts of the body [syn: liquid body substance] |
| 5. | the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it" [syn: humor] |
| 6. | the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" [syn: humor] |
verb | |
| 1. | put into a good mood [syn: humor] |
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