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humorous.

Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈhjuːməɹəs/UK/ˈhjuːməɹəs/US
  1. Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.

    The waiters were so humorous - one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him.
  2. Showing humor; witty, jocular.

  3. Damp or watery.

    obsolete
  4. Dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English humorous (compare Medieval Latin hūmorōsus), equivalent to humor + -ous.

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