Humour

Quick meaning: Humour is a noun meaning (medicine) Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour.

Meaning

(medicine) Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To pacify by indulging.
2. (uncountable) A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by an event; an abrupt illogical inclination or whim.
3. (chiefly uncountable) The quality of being amusing, comical, funny.
4. (obsolete) Moist vapour, moisture.
5. (archaic or historical) Any of the fluids in an animal body, especially the four "cardinal humours" of blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body.

Example Sentences

He was in a particularly vile humour that afternoon.

A great deal of excellent humour was expended on the perplexities of mine host.

She has a great sense of humour, and I always laugh a lot whenever we get together.

The sensitive subject was treated with humour, but in such way that no one was offended.

Word Forms

• humours
• humor
• humouring
• humoured

Synonyms for humour

Depending on context, synonyms include comedy, wit, witticism, amusingness, comicality, mood.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include humor, witticism, wittiness, temper, mood, wit.

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