humoursome
Britishadjective
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capricious; fanciful
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inclined to humour (someone)
Example Sentences
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A sublime utterance, full of humoursome matter, if it had been a time for humours.
From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
And the nose is one mass of humoursome corrugations.
From An Ocean Tramp by McFee, William
Men are so humoursome, the Agreement or Disagreement in the most minute Matters, either procures or destroys Concord.
From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Erasmus, Desiderius
"Body o' me, but you're grown woundily humoursome of a sudden," muttered the other at the lower end of his voice.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by Roby, John
Noo, Faith! the auld jade was a humoursome taed, As an auld wife weel can be, An' she leugh sae sair at his fleechin' air It fairly gar't her dee!
From The Auld Doctor and other Poems and Songs in Scots by Rorie, David
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