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'humour' - used as a noun
1. a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
he was in a bad humour
2. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
3. (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state
the humours are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile
4. the liquid parts of the body
5. the quality of being funny
I fail to see the humour in it
6. the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous
she didn't appreciate my humour
you can't survive in the army without a sense of humour

'humour' - used as a verb
7. put into a good mood

derived forms
1. Humour / Plural
humours
2. Humour / Past
humoured
3. Humour / Third Person
humours
4. Humour / Present Participle
humouring
Variations of 'humour'
 
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