Definition of humor

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Humor (v. t.) To comply with the humor of; to adjust matters so as suit the peculiarities, caprices, or exigencies of; to adapt one's self to; to indulge by skillful adaptation; as, to humor the mind..

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Spalpeen :: Spalpeen (n.) A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule.
Waggery :: Waggery (n.) The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity; as, the waggery of a schoolboy..
Boom :: Boom (n.) A strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; -- applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand for stocks or commodities and to political chances of aspirants to office; as, a boom in the stock market; a boom in coffee..
Glama :: Glama (n.) A copious gummy secretion of the humor of the eyelids, in consequence of some disorder; blearedness; lippitude..
Facetious :: Facetious (a.) Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as, a facetious companion..
Take :: Take (v. t.) To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to; to tolerate; to endure; as, to take a joke; he will take an affront from no man..
Wit :: Wit (v.) A person of eminent sense or knowledge; a man of genius, fancy, or humor; one distinguished for bright or amusing sayings, for repartee, and the like..
Waggish :: Waggish (a.) Like a wag; mischievous in sport; roguish in merriment or good humor; frolicsome.
Whim :: Whim (n.) A sudden turn or start of the mind; a temporary eccentricity; a freak; a fancy; a capricious notion; a humor; a caprice.
Rally :: Rally (v. t.) To attack with raillery, either in good humor and pleasantry, or with slight contempt or satire..
Morose :: Morose (a.) Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe.
Squirehood :: Squireen (n.) One who is half squire and half farmer; -- used humorously.
Humorous :: Humorous (a.) Moist; humid; watery.
Cacochymy :: Cacochymy (n.) A vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, of the body, especially of the blood..
Bleared :: Bleared (a.) Dimmed, as by a watery humor; affected with rheum..
Pleasant :: Pleasant (n.) A wit; a humorist; a buffoon.
Dishumor :: Dishumor (n.) Ill humor.
Delacrymation :: Delacrymation (n.) An involuntary discharge of watery humors from the eyes; wateriness of the eyes.
Playful :: Playful (a.) Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer..
Humor :: Humor (n.) That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness..
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