humorとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

humor (usually uncountable, 複数形 humors)

1. US spelling of humour

   He was in a particularly vile humor that afternoon.

   • 1763, Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz, History of Louisiana (PG), page 40:

     For some days a fistula lacrymalis had come into my left eye, which discharged an humour, when pressed, that portended danger.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.

   • 1987, Ford, Gerald, “What's So Funny About the Presidency?”, in Humor and the Presidency‎^[1], New York: Arbor House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 15:

     There are two ways to become an authority on humor. The first way is to be one of the perpetrators. You know them: comedians, satirists, cartoonists, and impersonators. The second way to gain such credentials is to be the victim of their merciless talents. As such a victim, I take a backseat to no one as far as humor is concerned.

動詞

humor (三人称単数 現在形 humors, 現在分詞 humoring, 過去形および過去分詞形 humored)

1. US spelling of humour

   I know you don't believe my story, but humor me for a minute and imagine it to be true.

Further reading

• Wikipedia article on humor
• Wikipedia article on humors
• humor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• humor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• humor at OneLook Dictionary Search

アナグラム

• mohur

Latin

語源 1

Alternative spelling of ūmor found in the later Roman Empire, when the letter h had already become silent. See also the related hūmidus.

別の表記

• ūmor

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhuː.mor/, [ˈhuːmɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.mor/, [ˈuːmor]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.mor/, [ˈuːmɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.mor/, [ˈuːmor]

名詞

hūmor m (genitive hūmōris); third declension

1. liquid, fluid, humour

語形変化

Third-declension noun.

派生語

派生した語

語源 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhu.mor/, [ˈhʊmɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.mor/, [ˈuːmor]

動詞

humor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of humō

参照

• “humor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “humor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers