Humor: alternatives and connections

The quality of being amiable; amiableness; sweetness of disposition.

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To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a cru…

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The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste produc…

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An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture.

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A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; -- used in the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco panti…

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The bile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility.

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A milky fluid containing the fatty matter of the food in a state of emulsion, or fine mechanical division; formed from chyme by the action of the int…

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of Come

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The quality of being comical; something comical.

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To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.

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To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart; to eject.

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The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.

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of Fester

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Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement.

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To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of spe…

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An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods.

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The act of imitating.

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Alt. of Impersonification

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The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone spindle runs.

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Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles.

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To jest; to play tricks; to jeer.

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A deed; an action; a gest.

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A witticism.

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Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a wit…

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The characteristic fluid of any vegetable or animal substance; the sap or part which can be expressed from fruit, etc.; the fluid part which separate…

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To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the fa…

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The discharge from the womb and vagina which follows childbirth.

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A spring of water; hence, water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water.

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Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess.

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A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in…

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of Mot

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The fluid which surrounds the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear, and separates it from the walls of the chambers in which the labyrinth lies.

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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia.

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The yellowish white opaque creamy matter produced by the process of suppuration. It consists of innumerable white nucleated cells floating in a clear…

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A smart, ready, and witty reply.

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The talk of a ribald; low, vulgar language; indecency; obscenity; lewdness; -- now chiefly applied to indecent language, but formerly, as by Chaucer,…

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A thin, serous fluid commonly discharged from ulcers or foul wounds.

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A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest.

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A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves re…

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The act of secreting or concealing; as, the secretion of dutiable goods.

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of Seed

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The seed of plants.

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The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood, milk, etc.

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An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a repres…

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That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.

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The expressed juice of a plant, for medicinal use.

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A furrow.

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The quality or state of being sulky; sullenness; moroseness; as, sulkiness of disposition.

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The act or process of suppurating.

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Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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of Feel

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Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement.

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To please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as, to gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses, the desires, the mind, etc.

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To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain

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Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another.

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A male bawd; a pimp; a procurer.

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The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the humors; as, a humoral fever.

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Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the humors; as, a humoral fever.

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One who attributes diseases of the state of the humors.

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One who attributes diseases of the state of the humors.

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Moist; humid; watery.

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Moist; humid; watery.

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The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.

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The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.

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Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed.

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Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed.

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To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to…

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To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to…

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the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"

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Manner; style; mode; logical form; musical style; manner of action or being. See Mode which is the preferable form).

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To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to…

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of Wit

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A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit.

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The quality of being witty.

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