humour

[ hyoo-mer ]

/ ˈhyu mər /

noun, verb (used with object) Chiefly British.

humor.

usage note for humour

See -or¹.

Words nearby humour

humoral, humoral immune response, humoresque, humorist, humorous, humour, humoursome, hump, hump day, humpback, humpback salmon

Example sentences from the Web for humour

Even in the painful separation of child and parent, there was humour.

The Rancid Ballad of Johnny Rotten: His Memoir Seethes With Anger—And Charm |Legs McNeil |November 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Take, for instance, Yiddish Mamma, a young Parisian brand that peddles its wares with love and humour.

Paris's Nouveau Yiddish Culture |Laurent David Samama |September 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I let him take it from my hand, knowing it was best to humour him.

Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show |Robert W. Chambers |February 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
She is spontaneous with a great sense of humour, humble yet at the same time driven by a healthy ambition.

Victoria Beckham Is Cover Star And Editor Of December French Vogue |Tom Sykes |November 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

A “monster of staggering charmlessness and monumental lack of humour.”

Richard Burton’s Sexy Diaries: 13 Juiciest Bits |Kevin Fallon |October 20, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Be good, but never overdo it, I will say to any woman who has the sense of humour.

Rambles in Womanland |Max O'Rell
But the sense of humour often fails where one's own affairs are concerned.

The Golden Silence |C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
In incidents taken from common life he showed himself full of observation, and possessed of some humour.

The Old Masters and Their Pictures |Sarah Tytler
He knew Miss Travers intimately; her appreciation of humour was vast, for a woman; he felt sure she would be tickled.

A Bride from the Bush |E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
One of the sisterhood, a connection of my own, had much of this dry Scottish humour.

Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character |Edward Bannerman Ramsay

British Dictionary definitions for humour

humour

US humor

/ (ˈhjuːmə) /

noun

the quality of being funny

Also called: sense of humour the ability to appreciate or express that which is humorous

situations, speech, or writings that are thought to be humorous

a state of mind; temper; mood
(in combination)ill humour; good humour

temperament or disposition

a caprice or whim

any of various fluids in the body, esp the aqueous humour and vitreous humour

Also called: cardinal humour archaic any of the four bodily fluids (blood, phlegm, choler or yellow bile, melancholy or black bile) formerly thought to determine emotional and physical disposition

out of humour in a bad mood

verb (tr)

to attempt to gratify; indulge he humoured the boy's whims

to adapt oneself to to humour someone's fantasies

Derived forms of humour

humourful or US humorful, adjective humourless or US humorless, adjective humourlessness or US humorlessness, noun

Word Origin for humour

C14: from Latin humor liquid; related to Latin ūmēre to be wet, Old Norse vökr moist, Greek hugros wet

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humour

noun, verb (used with object) Chiefly British.

usage note for humour

Words nearby humour

Example sentences from the Web for humour

British Dictionary definitions for humour

US humor

noun

verb (tr)

Derived forms of humour

Word Origin for humour

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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humour

noun, verb (used with object) Chiefly British.

usage note for humour

Words nearby humour

Example sentences from the Web for humour

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US humor

noun

verb (tr)

Derived forms of humour

Word Origin for humour

British Dictionary definitions for humour