humoured

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adjective

Having a disposition or mood of a specified kind.

UncommonFirst used 16th c.Scrabble 14

Meanings

verb

alternative humored · alternative humour'd

  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of humour
adjectivehumoured (comparative more humoured, superlative most humoured)

comparative more humoured · superlative most humoured · alternative humored · alternative humour'd

  1. in compoundsHaving a disposition or mood of a specified kind.First known use 16th c.
  2. Spoilt. indulged.First known use 17th c.

    Besides these two fair Damsels, I found a little humoured Brat here who I beleive^([sic]) is some relation to them […].

    1792, Jane Austen, ‘Lesley Castle’, Juvenilia
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