Hŭ'mor-ous, a.

adjective

(or yŭ/mur-us), a. [Lat. hūmorosus, Fr. humoreux, Pr. humoros, Sp. humoroso, It. umoroso. See HUMOR.]

Sense 1. Moist; humid. [Obs.]

Whence all floods, all the sea, all founts, wells, all deeps humorous, Fetch their beginnings. Chapman.

Sense 2. Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious; whimsical.

I am known to be a humorous patrician. Shak.

Rough as a storm, and humorous as the wind. Dryden.

Sense 3. Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful; as, a humorous story or author.

Synonyms—Jocose; jocular; witty; pleasant; merry.