Hu"mor*ous (?), a. [Cf. L.
humorosus, umorosus, moist. See Humor.]
1. Moist; humid; watery. [Obs.]
All founts wells, all deeps
humorous.
Chapman.
2. Subject to be governed by humor or
caprice; irregular; capricious; whimsical.
Hawthorne.
Rough as a storm and humorous as the
wind.
Dryden.
3. Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter;
playful; as, a humorous story or author; a humorous
aspect.
Syn. -- Jocose; facetious; witty; pleasant; merry.