humoresque

[ hyoo-muh-reskor, often, yoo- ]

noun

1. a musical composition of humorous or capricious character.

humoresque

/ ˌhjuːməˈrɛsk /

noun

1. a short lively piece of music

Other Words From

• humor·esquely adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of humoresque¹

1875–80; humor + -esque, modeled on German Humoreske

Word History and Origins

Origin of humoresque¹

C19: from German Humoreske, ultimately from English humour

Example Sentences

The unearthly beings meet us in all guises, and answer our every mood, whether it be serious or awed, satiric or humoresque.

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But think of a lively and humoresque clock that does not tick and takes only an hour to record a day.

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Heine's "Des Waldes Kapellmeister" has been made into a most hilarious humoresque.

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In short, in nearly every Negro unit there set in a humoresque attitude to the war.

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She played, as once before she had played when life seemed sad and tragic, the "Humoresque."

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