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Also spelled good-humoured

US /ˌɡʊdˈhjuːmɚd/ UK /ˌɡʊdˈhjuːməd/
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bad-temperedill-humoredsurly
Forms good-humouredly
Derived forms good-humoredlygood-humoredness
Related forms good humorgood-humouredamiablegenial

A compound of good + humored, from good humor in the sense 'a cheerful or agreeable disposition.' Humor originally referred to one of the bodily fluids once thought to determine temperament; it later came to mean a person's mood or disposition.

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