Meanings
nounhumorousness (usually uncountable, plural humorousnesses)
plural humorousnesses · alternative nonstandard humourousness
- uncountableusuallyThe state or quality of being humorous.
The youngsters, not immediately within sight, seemed rather bright and desirable appurtenances than otherwise; the incidents of daily life were not without humorousness and jollity in their aspect there.
1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 36 - countableusuallyThe result or product of being humorous.
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humorousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humorousness
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