2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Humorous \Hu"mor*ous\, a. [Cf. L. humorosus, umorosus moist.
See {Humor}.]
1. Moist; humid; watery. [Obs.]
All founts wells, all deeps humorous. --Chapman.
2. Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular;
capricious; whimsical. --Hawthorne.
Rough as a storm and humorous as the wind. --Dryden.
3. Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful; as a
humorous story or author; a humorous aspect.
Syn: Jocose; facetious; witty; pleasant; merry.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
humorous
adj : full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories";
"humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein" [syn: {humourous}]
[ant: {humorless}]
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