humour, n.
(humours)
(humours)
the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous
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humor humour sense of humor sense of humour
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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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the quality of being funny
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humor humour
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"I fail to see the humor in it"
the liquid parts of the body
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bodily fluid body fluid humor humour liquid body substance
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aqueous humor, aqueous humour
vitreous humor, vitreous humour, vitreous body
endolymph
perilymph
extracellular fluid, ECF
intracellular fluid
juice, succus
karyolymph
milk
amniotic fluid, amnionic fluid, waters
blood
serum, blood serum
chyle
lymph
semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come
ink
secretion
black bile, melancholy
yellow bile, choler
lochia
pus, purulence, suppuration, ichor, sanies, festering
spinal fluid, cerebrospinal fluid
(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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humor humour
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"the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile"
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a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
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humor humour wit witticism wittiness
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jeu d'esprit
bon mot, mot
esprit de l'escalier
pungency, bite
satire, irony, sarcasm, caustic remark
repartee
joke, gag, jest, laugh, jape
caricature, imitation, impersonation
cartoon, sketch
fun, play, sport
ribaldry
topper
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a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
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humor humour mood temper
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"whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time""he was in a bad humor"
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