Humoristic
Hu′mor‐is″tic (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a humorist.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Humorize
Hu″mor‐ize (?), v. t. To humor. Marston.
Humorless
Hu″mor‐less, a. Destitute of humor.
Humorous
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 ca...
Humorously
Hu″mor‐ous‐ly, adv. 1. Capriciously; whimsically.We resolve rashly, sillily, or humorously. Calamy.2. Facetiously; wittily.
Humorousness
Hu″mor‐ous‐ness, n. 1. Moodiness; capriciousness.2. Facetiousness; jocularity.
Humorsome
Hu″mor‐some (?), a. 1. Moody; whimsical; capricious. Hawthorne.The commons do not abet humorsome, factious arms. Burke.2. Jocose; witty; humorous. Swift.
Humorsomely
Hu″mor‐some‐ly, adv. Pleasantly; humorously.
Humorsomeness
Hu″mor‐some‐ness, n. Quality of being humorsome.
Hump
Hump (?), n. [Cf. D. homp a lump, LG. hump heap, hill, stump, possibly akin to E. heap. Cf. Hunch.] 1. A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.2. (...
Hump (2)
Hump (?), v. t. 1. To form into a hump; to make hump-shaped; to hunch; — often with up.The cattle were very uncomfortable, standing humped up in the bushes. T. Roosvelt.2. To pu...
Hump-shouldered
Hump″–shoul′dered (?), a. Having high, hunched shoulders. Hawthorne.
Humpback
Hump″back′ (?), n. [Cf. Hunchback.] 1. A crooked back; a humped back. Tatler.2. A humpbacked person; a hunchback.3. (Zoöl.) (a) Any whale of the genus Megaptera, characterized b...
Humpbacked
Hump″backed′ (?), a. Having a humped back.
Humpbacked salmon
Hump″backed′ salm″on. A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) which ascends the rivers of the Pacific coast from California to Alaska, and also on the Asiatic side. In the breed...
Humped
Humped (?), a. Having a hump, as the back.
Humph
Humph (?), interj. An exclamation denoting surprise, or contempt, doubt, etc.
Humpless
Hump″less (?), a. Without a hump. Darwin.
Humpy
Hump″y (?), a. Full of humps or bunches; covered with protuberances; humped.
Humstrum
Hum″strum′ (?), n. An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed; music badly played.
Humstrum (2)
Hum″strum′ (?), n. An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed; music badly played.
Humulin
Hu″mu‐lin (?), n. [NL. Humulus, the genus including the hop.] An extract of hops.
Humus
‖Hu″mus (?), n. That portion of the soil formed by the decomposition of animal or vegetable matter. It is a valuable constituent of soils. Graham.
Hun
Hun (?), n. [L. Hunni, also Chunni, and Chuni; cf. AS. H�nas, H�ne, OHG. H�ni, G. Hunnen.] One of a warlike nomadic people of Northern Asia who, in the 5th century, under Atilla...
Hunch
Hunch (?), n. [Perh. akin to huckle; cf. hump, hunch, bunch, hunk.] 1. A hump; a protuberance.2. A lump; a thick piece; as, a hunch of bread.3. A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
Hunch (2)
Hunch, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hunched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hunching.] 1. To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.2. To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to croo...
Hunch (3)
Hunch, n. A strong, intuitive impression that something will happen; — said to be from the gambler's superstition that it brings luck to touch the hump of a hunchback.