humour

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humour
v. pamper, indulge, favor, oblige (also humor)
 
humour (Brit.)
n. humor, quality of being amusing or entertaining, comedy; ability to appreciate or express something amusing; mood, state of mind, disposition; body fluid (Physiology)


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Humour
Humour or humor (see spelling differences) is the ability or quality of people, objects, or situations to evoke feelings of amusement in other people. The term encompasses a form of entertainment or human communication which evokes such feelings, or which makes people laugh or feel happy. The origin of the term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks, which stated that a mix of fluids known as humours (Greekχυμός, chymos, literally: juice or sap, metaphorically: flavour) controlled human health and emotion.
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humour
Noun
1. a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"
(synonym) temper, mood, humor
(hypernym) feeling
(hyponym) sulk, sulkiness
(derivation) humor
2. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
(synonym) wit, humor, witticism, wittiness
(hypernym) message, content, subject matter, substance
(hyponym) jeu d'esprit
(class) libation
3. (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state; "the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile"
(synonym) humor
(hypernym) body substance
(classification) physiology
4. the liquid parts of the body
(synonym) liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor
(hypernym) body substance
(hyponym) aqueous humor, aqueous humour
5. the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"
(synonym) humor
(hypernym) quality
6. the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor"
(synonym) humor, sense of humor, sense of humour
(hypernym) playfulness, fun
Verb
1. put into a good mood
(synonym) humor
(hypernym) gratify, pander, indulge
(derivation) temper, mood, humor


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humour (m)
n. humor, wittiness, quality of being amusing or entertaining

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humour (m)
n. humour, funniness, amusing quality

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