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| hu·mor [ hymər ] |
noun (plural hu·mors) |
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1. funny quality: the quality or content of something such as a story, performance, or joke that elicits amusement and laughter
  couldn't see the humor in it
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2. ability to see something as funny: the ability to see that something is funny, or the enjoyment of things that are funny
He has no sense of humor.
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3. funny things as genre: writings and other material created to make people laugh
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4. somebody's usual temperament: somebody's character or usual attitude
a writer of melancholy humor
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5. mood: a temporary mood or state of mind
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6. history body fluid: according to medieval science and medicine, any of the four main fluids of the human body, blood, yellow bile, black bile, or lymph, that determined somebody's mood and temperament
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transitive verb (past and past participle hu·mored, present participle hu·mor·ing, 3rd person present singular hu·mors) |
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1. do what somebody wants: to do what somebody wants in order to keep him or her happy
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2. comply with something: to act in accordance with something
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| [14th century. Via Anglo-Norman< Latin, "body fluid" < humere "be moist"] |
