humoursome
Britishadjective
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capricious; fanciful
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inclined to humour (someone)
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Peter was, on the other hand, a most humoursome varlet and excellent company on a wet day.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
There never was such a genial and humoursome face, so full of fun and humanity, as that which looked down on the speechless Speug.
From Young Barbarians by Ian Maclaren
It was strange and pleasant for me to lie there and hear her kind low voice telling me humoursome tales of what had befallen during the day.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
"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 John Roby
I thought you gentle as the gall-less dove; But you as humoursome as winds appear, And subject to more passions than your love.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott
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