humoresque
[hyoo-muh-resk or, often, yoo-]
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noun
a musical composition of humorous or capricious character.
Origin of humoresque
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Historical Examples of humoresque
She played, as once before she had played when life seemed sad and tragic, the "Humoresque."
The Street of Seven StarsMary Roberts Rinehart
In short, in nearly every Negro unit there set in a humoresque attitude to the war.
The Soul of John BrownStephen Graham
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 FictionDorothy Scarborough
But 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 PictureVachel Lindsay
humoresque
noun
Word Origin for humoresque
C19: from German Humoreske, ultimately from English humour
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