3. One who displays humor in speaking or writing; one who has a facetious fancy or genius; a wag; a
droll.
The reputation of wits and humorists.
Addison. Humoristic
(Hu`mor*is"tic) a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a humorist.
Humorize
(Hu"mor*ize) v. t. To humor. Marston.
Humorless
(Hu"mor*less), a. Destitute of humor.
Humorous
(Hu"mor*ous) a. [Cf. L. humorosus, umorosus, moist. See Humor.]
1. Moist; humid; watery. [Obs.]
All founts wells, all deeps humorous.
Chapman. 2. Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious; whimsical. Hawthorne.
Rough as a storm and humorous as the wind.
Dryden. 3. Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful; as, a humorous story or author; a humorous aspect.
Syn. — Jocose; facetious; witty; pleasant; merry.
Humorously
(Hu"mor*ous*ly), adv.
1. Capriciously; whimsically.
We resolve rashly, sillily, or humorously.
Calamy. 2. Facetiously; wittily.
Humorousness
(Hu"mor*ous*ness), n.
1. Moodiness; capriciousness.
2. Facetiousness; jocularity.
Humorsome
(Hu"mor*some) a.
1. Moody; whimsical; capricious. Hawthorne.
The commons do not abet humorsome, factious arms.
Burke. 2. Jocose; witty; humorous. Swift.
Humorsomely
(Hu"mor*some*ly), adv. Pleasantly; humorously.
Humorsomeness
(Hu"mor*some*ness), n. Quality of being humorsome.
Hump
(Hump) n. [Cf. D. homp a lump, LG. hump heap, hill, stump, possibly akin to E. heap. Cf.
Hunch.]
1. A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.
2. (Zoöl.) A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale.
