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hu·mour (hyo̵̅o̅′mər)
noun, transitive verb
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Converse of object
- inject: This he does by injecting surreal humor into the bookshop.
Adjective modifier
- wry: The local people in their wry humor have given the well another name: that of ' Slavering Sall ' !
Modifies a noun
- failure: Street parking is tolerated, but local residents tend to have a sense of humor failure if you obstruct their driveways!
Noun used with modifier
- gallows: Gallows humor, and a couple of pints while watching the news.
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: Ihavea finesense oftheridiculous, but nosense of humour. 9
Oh! it is onlya novel!only some work in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineationof itsvarieties,theliveliesteffusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world in the best chosen language.
To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar.
Webster's New World Dictionary of Quotations Copyright © 2005 by Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. Published by Wiley, Hoboken, NJ. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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