humor
humor is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Med.) A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin. "A body full of humors." Sir W. Temple.
- 2.State of mind, whether habitual or temporary (as formerly supposed to depend on the character or combination of the fluids of the body); disposition; temper; mood; as, good humor; ill humor. Examine how your humor is inclined, And which the ruling passion of your mind. Roscommon. A prince of a pleasant humor. Bacon. I like not the humor of lying. Shak.
- 3.pl. Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims. Is my friend all perfection, all virtue and discretion Has he not humors to be endured South.
- 4.That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness. For thy sake I admit That a Scot may have humor, I'd almost said wit. Goldsmith. A great deal of excellent humor was expended on the perplexities of mine host. W. Irving. Aqueous humor, Crystalline humor or lens, Vitreous humor. (Anat.) See Eye. -- Out of humor, dissatisfied; displeased; in an unpleasant frame of mind. See Wit.
- 5.To comply with the humor of; to adjust matters so as suit the peculiarities, caprices, or exigencies of; to adapt one's self to; to indulge by skillful adaptation; as, to humor the mind. It is my part to invent, and the musician's to humor that invention. Dryden.
- 6.To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please. You humor me when I am sick. Pope. See Gratify.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- caprice
- disposition
- fancy
- frame
- mood
- pleasantry
- satire
- temper
- to gratify
- to indulge
- whim
- wit
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- affect
- aid
- and
- applicability
- aptitude
- aptness
- arbitrary
- bend
- bent
- bias
- bid
- blood
- blow
- boutade
- brain
- calculated
- camel
- capriccio
- caprice
- capricious
- captious
- carry
- cast
- chase
- chyle
- cold
- conatus
- condense
- conduce
- conducive
- conduciveness
- contrary
- contribute
- crotchet
- crotchety
- deuce
- direction
- dispose
- drift
- eccentric
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is humor.
- What is a vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin. "A body full of humors." Sir W. Temple called?
- What is pl. Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims. Is my friend all perfection, all virtue and discretion Has he not humors to be endured South called?
- What is to help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please. You humor me when I am sick. Pope. See Gratify called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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