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humor

//hjuː.mə(ɹ)//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Note for humor

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Forms

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural: humors

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1): humor
past (v2): humored
past participle (v3): humored
present participle: humoring
3rd person singular: humors

Definitions

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1.US spelling of humour.
- He was in a particularly vile humor that afternoon.
- For some days a fistula lacrymalis had come into my left eye, which discharged an humour, when pressed, that portended danger.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1.US spelling of humour.
- I know you don't believe my story, but humor me for a minute and imagine it to be true.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #3150

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Uncommon
Academic: Rare
Literature: Rare

Data sources:

Wiktionary (Wiktextract) (CC BY-SA)
Princeton WordNet (WordNet License)
Tatoeba (CC BY)
COCA / wordfrequency.info (derived frequency bands only)

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