Dictionary entry

Humorous

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Hu″mor‐ous (?), a. [Cf. L. humorosus, umorosus, moist. See Humor.] 1. Moist; humid; watery.

All founts wells, all deeps humorous. Chapman.

2. Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious; whimsical. Hawthorne.

Rough as a storm and humorous as the wind. Dryden.

3. Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful; as, a humorous story or author; a humorous aspect.

Syn. — Jocose; facetious; witty; pleasant; merry.