Read full poem →The art of Terence, and Menander's fire;
Whose sense instructs us, and whose humour charms,
Whose judgment sways us, and whose spirit warms!
Dictionary Entry
The quality of being amusing, comical, funny.
In a Sentence
“She has a great sense of humour, and I always laugh a lot whenever we get together.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. humourhumour goodhumour aqueoushumour ill
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Poetry examples for “humour”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And more diverting still than regular,
Have humour, wit, a native ease and grace,
Though not too strictly bound to time and place:
Read full poem →In wit, a man; simplicity, a child:
With native humour tempering virtuous rage,
Form'd to delight at once and lash the age:
Read full poem →In Wit, a Man; Simplicity, a Child:
With native Humour temp'ring virtuous Rage,
Form'd to delight at once and lash the age:
Read full poem →Not grave through pride, or gay through folly,
An equal mixture of good humour,
And sensible soft melancholy.
Read full poem →I dedicate it to You. Yet you may bear me witness, it was intended only
to divert a few young Ladies, who have good sense and good humour enough
to laugh not only at their sex's little unguarded follies, but at their
Read full poem →Holland " is the best, and the vigorous, rollick-
ing humour and careless, unpremeditated style
have often been compared with Butler's ; but
Read full poem →With hia merry humour and joy in the
beauty of the world Marvell, oa leaving London
Read full poem →light. So fares it in the body politic, in times of distress and
humiliation; a certain sensitiveness and soreness of humour
prevail, with a weak incapacity of enduring any free and open
Read full poem →gained many lessons in military knowledge, and in return did
something to correct his unequal and capricious humour. For
whereas at other times Chabrias was heavy and phlegmatic, in