humorous

Definition

Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.

Etymology

From Middle English humorous (compare Medieval Latin hūmorōsus), equivalent to humor + -ous.

Example Sentences

• "The waiters were so humorous - one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him."
• "[S]uch is now the Duke's condition That he misconstrues all that you have done. The Duke is humorous; what he is, indeed, More suits you to conceive than I to speak of."
• "It is a melancholy humor[…]that firſt put this humorous conceipt [translating resverie] of writing into my head."

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