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humorous

UK/ˈhjuːməɹəs/

adjective

What it means

  1. Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.

    The waiters were so humorous - one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him.

    Synonyms: amusing, funny, jocose, jocular

  2. Showing humor; witty, jocular.

    Synonyms: amusing, jocular, witty

  3. obsoleteDamp or watery.

In a sentence

The waiters were so humorous - one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him.

Where it comes from

  1. Middle Englishhumorous
  2. Englishhumorous

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

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