Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HU'MOR-OUS, a.

1. Containing humor; full of wild or fanciful images; adapted to excite laughter; jocular; as, a humorous essay; a humorous story.
2. Having the power to speak or write in the style of humor; fanciful; playful; exciting laughter; as, a humorous man or author.
3. Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious; whimsical. I am known to be a humorous patrician. Shak. Rough as a storm, and humorous as the wind. Dryden.
4. Moist; humid. [Not in use.]. Drayton.