humorous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: humorous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for humorous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humorous adj full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein" Synonym(s): humorous, humourous Antonym(s): humorless, humourless, unhumorous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Humorous \Hu"morous\, 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.