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humor

/'hjumər/

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noun
the quality of being funny
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"I fail to see the humor in it"

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humour

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quality
verb
put into a good mood
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humour

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pander indulge gratify
noun
the liquid parts of the body
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bodily fluid body fluid humour liquid body substance

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body substance
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(Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state
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"the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile"

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humour

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body substance
noun
the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous
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"she didn't appreciate my humor" "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor"

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humour sense of humor sense of humour

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playfulness fun
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a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
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humour wit witticism wittiness

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subject matter message content substance
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a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
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"he was in a bad humor"

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humour mood temper

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feeling

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