humor
/ˈhjuːmɚ/ noun B1- The quality of being amusing, comical, funny. · She has a great sense of humour, and I always laugh a lot whenever we get together.· The sensitive subject was treated with humour, but in such way that no one was offended.
- A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by an event; an abrupt illogical inclination or whim. · He was in a particularly vile humour that afternoon.
- Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour.
Plural humors
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She looked like a woman of narrow experience and rigid conscience, which she was; but there was a saving something about her mouth which, if it had been ever so slightly developed, might have been considered indicative of a sense of humor.
Lynde dearly loved to be asked for advice--“I’d just humor her a little at first, that’s what I’d do.
She was a more agreeable guest than usual, for Anne kept her in good humor.
Danglars was balancing his monthly accounts, and it was perhaps not the most favorable moment for finding him in his best humor.
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