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humoursome

/ ˈhjuːməsəm /

adjective

  1. capricious; fanciful
  2. inclined to humour (someone)


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Example Sentences

Mr. McLean, as stout and humoursome as of yore, had solemnly promised his wife to be jocular but not too jocular.

A sublime utterance, full of humoursome matter, if it had been a time for humours.

That he was humoursome and would sit down exactly at the time he had appointed for dinner whether the company was come or not.

"Body o' me, but you're grown woundily humoursome of a sudden," muttered the other at the lower end of his voice.

Reflect, too, how eccentric and humoursome your uncle always was: suspicions!

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