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humour British English spelling


humour - noun

  • a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
  • a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
  • (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state
  • the liquid parts of the body
  • the quality of being funny
  • the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous

    • humour - verb

    • put into a good mood

    humour - thesaurus

    humor American English spelling   mood   temper   wit   witticism   wittiness  


    View spelling list Words ending in our and learn about the word humour in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 25. Word endings: -er, -ar, -or, -our, re, a and -ery, -ary.

    Scrabble score for humour

    h is 4 u is 1 m is 3 o is 1 u is 1 r is 1
    Scrabble score = 11

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