HUMOR


Meaning of HUMOR in English

noun changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims.

2. humor ·noun a vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin.

3. humor ·noun moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, ·etc.; as, the humors of the eye, ·etc.

4. humor ·vt to help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please.

5. humor ·vt 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.

6. humor ·noun 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.

7. humor ·noun 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.

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