outhumor

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verb

To surpass in humor; to be funnier than.

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Meanings

verbouthumor (third-person singular simple present outhumors, present participle outhumoring, simple past and past participle outhumored)

present singular third person outhumors · participle present outhumoring · participle past outhumored · past outhumored · alternative outhumour

  1. transitiveTo surpass in humor; to be funnier than.

    Charley Davis, says the Pittsburg Dispatch, tells a story about Mark Twain, in which the humorist was for once outhumored.

    1895, Current Literature: 1895, volume 17, page 201

Origin

From out- + humor.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outhumor,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outhumor.

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