humor

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The quality of being funny or amusing.

   I fail to see the humor in it.

2. 2
   noun

   The ability to find things funny and to make others laugh.

   She has a great sense of humor.

3. 3
   verb

   To go along with someone's wishes to keep them happy or avoid an argument.

   I know you don't believe me, but humor me for a minute.

4. 4
   noun

   A person's mood or state of feeling.

   He was in a particularly bad humor that afternoon.

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Simplified etymology

Humour comes from Latin humor, “moisture,” from humere, “to be moist.” Medieval medicine held that four bodily fluids, or humours, determined temperament, so the word developed from “bodily fluid” to “disposition,” “mood,” and “whim”; its association with amusement arose in the late 17th century.

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