hu·mour /ˈhyumər/
1. a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"
synset: temper, mood, humor, humour
2. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
synset: wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
3. (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state; "the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile"
4. the liquid parts of the body
synset: liquid_body_substance, bodily_fluid, body_fluid, humor, humour
5. the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"
6. the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor"
synset: humor, humour, sense_of_humor, sense_of_humour
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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