How to use humour in a sentence
One of her humours was to unite the son of her minister, with a niece of the widowed Queen of Saint Germain's.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterThey affirmed it was an antidote to all poison; that it expelled rheums, sour humours, and obstructions of all kinds.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Today we passed the 8° South latitude, without seeing land, which put the captain in the best of humours.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferWe see places through our humours as through differently-coloured glasses.
The Pocket R.L.S. | Robert Louis StevensonBut these humours were swift to pass; and the resemblance died along with them.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis Stevenson
British Dictionary definitions for humour
US humor
/ (ˈhjuːmə) /
the quality of being funny
Also called: sense of humour the ability to appreciate or express that which is humorous
situations, speech, or writings that are thought to be humorous
a state of mind; temper; mood
(in combination): ill humour; good humour
temperament or disposition
a caprice or whim
any of various fluids in the body, esp the aqueous humour and vitreous humour
Also called: cardinal humour archaic any of the four bodily fluids (blood, phlegm, choler or yellow bile, melancholy or black bile) formerly thought to determine emotional and physical disposition
out of humour in a bad mood
to attempt to gratify; indulge: he humoured the boy's whims
to adapt oneself to: to humour someone's fantasies
Origin of humour
1Derived forms of humour
- humourful or US humorful, adjective
- humourless or US humorless, adjective
- humourlessness or US humorlessness, noun
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