humoresque
a musical composition of humorous or capricious character.
Origin of humoresque
1Other words from humoresque
- hu·mor·esque·ly, adverb
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How to use humoresque in a sentence
The unearthly beings meet us in all guises, and answer our every mood, whether it be serious or awed, satiric or humoresque.
The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction | Dorothy ScarboroughBut think of a lively and humoresque clock that does not tick and takes only an hour to record a day.
The Art Of The Moving Picture | Vachel LindsayHeine's "Des Waldes Kapellmeister" has been made into a most hilarious humoresque.
Contemporary American Composers | Rupert HughesIn short, in nearly every Negro unit there set in a humoresque attitude to the war.
The Soul of John Brown | Stephen GrahamShe played, as once before she had played when life seemed sad and tragic, the "humoresque."
The Street of Seven Stars | Mary Roberts Rinehart
British Dictionary definitions for humoresque
/ (ˌhjuːməˈrɛsk) /
a short lively piece of music
Origin of humoresque
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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