- nounhumor (noun)
- historicaleach of the four chief fluids of the body (blood, phlegm, yellow bile (choler), and black bile (melancholy)) that were thought to determine a person's physical and mental qualities by the relative proportions in which they were present.
verbhumor (verb)- comply with the wishes of (someone) in order to keep them content, however unreasonable such wishes might be:"she was always humouring him to prevent trouble"Similar:pander toyield togive way togive in tocomply withadapt toOpposite:
- archaicadapt or accommodate oneself to (something):"in reading this stanza we ought to humour it with a corresponding tone of voice"
OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin humor ‘moisture’, from humere (see humid). The original sense was ‘bodily fluid’ (surviving in aqueous humour and vitreous humour); it was used specifically for any of the cardinal humours (humour), whence ‘mental disposition’ (thought to be caused by the relative proportions of the humours). This led, in the 16th century, to the senses ‘mood’ (humour) and ‘whim’, hence to humour someone ‘to indulge a person's whim’. humour dates from the late 16th century. WEBEnjoy humor, satire, and cartoons from The New Yorker, featuring Shouts & Murmurs, Daily Shouts, and more. Find funny stories, comics, and …
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