humoursome

US humorsome

/ (ˈhjuːməsəm) /

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adjective

capricious; fanciful

inclined to humour (someone)

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Words nearby humoursome

humoral immunity, humoresque, humorist, humorous, humour, humoursome, hump, humpback, humpbacked, humpback salmon, humpback whale

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How to use humoursome in a sentence

Mr. McLean, as stout and humoursome as of yore, had solemnly promised his wife to be jocular but not too jocular.
Tommy and Grizel|J.M. Barrie
A sublime utterance, full of humoursome matter, if it had been a time for humours.
Little Novels of Italy|Maurice Henry Hewlett
That he was humoursome and would sit down exactly at the time he had appointed for dinner whether the company was come or not.
William Harvey|D'Arcy Powers
"Body o' me, but you're grown woundily humoursome of a sudden," muttered the other at the lower end of his voice.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2)|John Roby

Reflect, too, how eccentric and humoursome your uncle always was: suspicions!
Devereux, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton