humoresque

[hyoo-muh-resk or, often, yoo-]

noun

a musical composition of humorous or capricious character.

Origin of humoresque

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

Related formshu·mor·esque·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for humoresque

Historical Examples of humoresque

She played, as once before she had played when life seemed sad and tragic, the "Humoresque."
The Street of Seven Stars
Mary Roberts Rinehart
In short, in nearly every Negro unit there set in a humoresque attitude to the war.
The Soul of John Brown
Stephen 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 Fiction
Dorothy 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 Picture
Vachel Lindsay

British Dictionary definitions for humoresque

humoresque

noun

a short lively piece of music

Word Origin for humoresque

C19: from German Humoreske, ultimately from English humour

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