humoured

humoured

English

Alternative forms

• humored
• humour'd

Verb

humoured

1. simple past tense and past participle of humour

Adjective

humoured (comparative more humoured, superlative most humoured)

1. (in compounds) Having a disposition or mood of a specified kind. [from 16th c.]
2. Spoilt. indulged. [from 17th c.]
   • 1792, Jane Austen, ‘Lesley Castle’, Juvenilia:

     Besides these two fair Damsels, I found a little humoured Brat here who I beleive is some relation to them […] .

Derived terms

• good-humoured
• ill-humoured