humorousness
English
Alternative forms
- humourousness
Etymology
From humorous + -ness.
Noun
humorousness (usually uncountable, plural humorousnesses)
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being humorous.
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 36:
- The youngsters, not immediately within sight, seemed rather bright and desirable appurtenances than otherwise; the incidents of daily life were not without humorousness and jollity in their aspect there.
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- (countable) The result or product of being humorous.