1.  humour(n = noun.feeling) humor, mood, temper - 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"
is a kind of feeling
has particulars: peeve, sulk, sulkiness, amiability, good humor, good humour, good temper, distemper, ill humor, ill humour
Derived form verb humour₁

2.  humour(n = noun.communication) humor, wit, witticism, wittiness - a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter;
is a kind of content, message, subject matter, substance
has particulars: jeu d'esprit, bon mot, mot, esprit de l'escalier, bite, pungency, caustic remark, irony, sarcasm, satire, repartee, gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh, caricature, imitation, impersonation, cartoon, sketch, fun, play, sport, ribaldry, topper
Derived forms noun humourist₁, adjective humourous₁

3.  humour(n = noun.body) humor - (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"
is a kind of body substance

4.  humour(n = noun.body) bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, liquid body substance - the liquid parts of the body;
is a kind of body substance
has particulars: aqueous humor, aqueous humour, vitreous body, vitreous humor, vitreous humour, endolymph, perilymph, ecf, extracellular fluid, intracellular fluid, juice, succus, karyolymph, milk, amnionic fluid, amniotic fluid, waters, blood, blood serum, serum, chyle, lymph, come, cum, ejaculate, seed, semen, seminal fluid, ink, secretion, black bile, melancholy, choler, yellow bile, lochia, festering, ichor, purulence, pus, sanies, suppuration, cerebrospinal fluid, spinal fluid

5.  humour(n = noun.attribute) humor - the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"
is a kind of quality
has particulars: comicality
Derived forms noun humourist₁, adjective humourous₁

6.  humour(n = noun.attribute) humor, sense of humor, sense of humour - 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"
is a kind of fun, playfulness
Derived forms noun humourist₁, adjective humourous₁

   humour(v = verb.communication) humor - put into a good mood;
is one way to gratify, indulge, pander
Derived form noun humour₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody

   same as humor. [PJC]

humour, n. & v. (US humor)
--n.
1 a the condition of being amusing or comic (less intellectual and more sympathetic than wit). b the expression of humour in literature, speech, etc.
2 (in full sense of humour) the ability to perceive or express humour or take a joke.
3 a mood or state of mind (bad humour).
4 an inclination or whim (in the humour for fighting).
5 (in full cardinal humour) hist. each of the four chief fluids of the body (blood, phlegm, choler, melancholy), thought to determine a person's physical and mental qualities.
--v.tr.
1 gratify or indulge (a person or taste etc.).
2 adapt oneself to; make concessions to.

Idiom:
out of humour displeased.

Derivative:
-humoured adj. humourless adj. humourlessly adv. humourlessness n.

Etymology:
ME f. AF umour, humour, OF umor, humor f. L humor moisture (as HUMID)

aqueous humour, black humour, good humour, ill humour, sense of humour, vitreous humour