humorous

Language

English

Falstaff is considered to be one of William Shakespeare's most humorous characters.

The act of pieing is widely considered to be humorous.

Etymology

From Middle English Category:English terms inherited from Middle English#HUMOROUS Category:English terms derived from Middle English#HUMOROUS humorous (compare Medieval Latin hūmorōsus), equivalent to humor +‎ -ousCategory:English terms suffixed with -ous#HUMOROUS.

Pronunciation

Adjective

humorous (comparative more humorous, superlative most humorous)Category:English lemmas#HUMOROUS Category:English adjectives#HUMOROUS Category:English entries with incorrect language header#HUMOROUS Category:Pages with entries#HUMOROUS Category:Pages with 1 entry#HUMOROUS

Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.
The waiters were so humorous - one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him.Category:English terms with usage examples#HUMOROUS
Showing humor; witty, jocular.
(obsolete Category:English terms with obsolete senses#HUMOROUS) Damp or watery.
(obsolete Category:English terms with obsolete senses#HUMOROUS) Dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical.
- c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], lines 380-83:
  [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.
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- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Of the affection of fathers to their children”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 212:
  It is a melancholy humor […] that firſt put this humorous conceipt [translating resverie] of writing into my head.
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- 1861, Elizabeth Gaskell, The Grey Woman:
  I felt at this time as if I could have been fond of him too, if he would have let me; but I was timid from my childhood, and before long my dread of his displeasure […] conquered my humorous inclination to love one who was so handsome, so accomplished, so indulgent and devoted.
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Usage notes

While the spelling humour is preferred over humor in British English, humorous is standard in both American and British English, and humourous is nonstandard.

Synonyms

(arousing laughter): amusing, funny, jocose, jocular
(witty): amusing, jocular, witty
See also Thesaurus:funny
See also Thesaurus:witty

Derived terms

Related terms

humor, humour

Translations

full of humor or arousing laughter; funny

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Afrikaans: snaaks (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#HUMOROUS
Bulgarian: хумористичен (bg) (humorističen)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#HUMOROUS
Catalan: humorístic (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#HUMOROUS, divertit (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#HUMOROUS
Chinese:
Mandarin: 幽默 (zh) (yōumò)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#HUMOROUS Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#HUMOROUS
Czech: vtipný (cs)Category:Terms with Czech translations#HUMOROUS
Dutch: humoristisch (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#HUMOROUS
Esperanto: humuraCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#HUMOROUS
Finnish: humoristinen (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#HUMOROUS
French: humoristique (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#HUMOROUS, amusant (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#HUMOROUS
Galician: humorístico (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#HUMOROUS
German: humorvoll (de)Category:Terms with German translations#HUMOROUS
Greek: αστείος (el) m (asteíos)Category:Terms with Greek translations#HUMOROUS, κωμικός (el) m (komikós)Category:Terms with Greek translations#HUMOROUS, γελαστικός (el) (gelastikós)Category:Terms with Greek translations#HUMOROUS
Indonesian: kelakar (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#HUMOROUS
Irish: greannmharCategory:Terms with Irish translations#HUMOROUS, barrúilCategory:Terms with Irish translations#HUMOROUS
Italian: umoristico (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#HUMOROUS, divertente (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#HUMOROUS, esilarante (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#HUMOROUS
Japanese: ユーモラス (ja) (yūmorasu)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#HUMOROUS, こっけい (ja) (kokkei)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#HUMOROUS, ユーモアのある (ja) (yūmoa no aru)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#HUMOROUS
Latin: ridiculus (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#HUMOROUS, iocularis (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#HUMOROUS
Latvian: jocīgsCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#HUMOROUS, smieklīgsCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#HUMOROUS
Maltese: tad-daħkCategory:Terms with Maltese translations#HUMOROUS
Māori: pukuhoheCategory:Terms with Māori translations#HUMOROUS
Marathi: मजेशीर (majeśīr)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#HUMOROUS, विनोदी (vinodī)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#HUMOROUS
Norwegian:
Bokmål: humoristisk (no)Category:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#HUMOROUS

Nynorsk: humoristiskCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#HUMOROUS
Portuguese: humorístico (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#HUMOROUS
Romanian: umoristic (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#HUMOROUS, hazliu (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#HUMOROUS
Russian: юмористи́ческий (ru) (jumoristíčeskij)Category:Terms with Russian translations#HUMOROUS, заба́вный (ru) (zabávnyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#HUMOROUS, смешно́й (ru) (smešnój)Category:Terms with Russian translations#HUMOROUS
Spanish: divertido (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#HUMOROUS, gracioso (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#HUMOROUS, humoristaCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#HUMOROUS, humorísticoCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#HUMOROUS, humorosoCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#HUMOROUS
Tagalog: mabalantongCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#HUMOROUS, nakatatawaCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#HUMOROUS

showing humor; witty, jocular

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damp or watery

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Spanish: humorosoCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#HUMOROUS

Category:en:Comedy#HUMOROUS

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