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单词 good-humoured
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good-humouredgood-humoredadj.

Brit. /ˌɡʊdˈhjuːməd/, U.S. /ˌɡʊdˈ(h)jumərd/
Forms: see good adj., n., adv., and int. and humoured adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: good adj., humoured adj.
Etymology: < good adj. + humoured adj., after good humour n. Compare slightly earlier well-humoured adj.
1. Having a genial or amiable disposition; naturally cheerful and friendly. Also: in a cheerful mood.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective]
blithe971
gladOE
blithemod1065
jollya1350
well begonea1425
well-cheered1435
hearty1440
cheery1448
cheerfula1477
chereful1486
unsweera1500
cheerly1565
riant1567
hilaire1575
light-spirited1581
undistempered1589
comfortablea1593
well-humoured1600
good-humoured1604
rident1609
hoddy1664
chicket1682
mellow1711
blithesome1724
in spirits1747
winsome1787
hilarious1823
resilient1830
blithe-hearted1848
cheero1903
bucked1907
cheerio1918
1604 Pasquils Iestes f. 3v Now what a notable Gull was this, I leaue to all good humord wenches to consider.
1662 S. Pepys Diary 15 June (1970) III. 110 Nan Pepys's second husband..is a very good-humord man, an old Cavalier.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. ii. 109 She's a sweet-tempered, good-humoured Lady. View more context for this quotation
1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lii. 202 Nature intended him only for a good humoured-fool.
1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 281 A handy, good humoured, shock-pated fellow.
1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. xlv. 8 They all pronounced her..to be very good-humoured.
1921 E. von Arnim Vera xxxii. 364 He wound up his watch, standing before the last glimmerings of the fire, and felt quite good-humoured again.
1951 H. Wouk Caine Mutiny (1952) i. iii. 27 Willie felt much sorrier for Koster, a good-humored, effete boy brought up by maiden aunts.
2005 J. M. Coetzee Slow Man iv. 22 She is fat..under all questioning unshakeably good-humoured.
2. Characterized by or indicative of a genial or amiable disposition or mood; (now esp.) designating playful, friendly, or good-natured teasing, repartee, etc.
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society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [adjective]
gamingOE
playfulc1225
gamefulc1275
gamelya1350
gamesomea1375
playable?c1475
frisky?a1500
sporting1549
sportful1577
toyish1577
toyful1580
sportive1593
gambol1600
sportly1600
sporting1607
playsome1612
jiggish1635
toysome1638
ludible1656
ludibund1668
good-humoured1682
flippant1711
lusory1711
gamp1737
kittenish1753
sportable1767
disportive1773
whisky1782
playward1878
1682 H. Care Hist. Popery IV. 107 What a kind good humour'd, pleasant, delicate inviting Religion is Popery.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 474. ⁋6 The justness of which we would controvert with good-humoured warmth.
1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. xvii. 71 I write a careless kind of a civil, nonsensical, good humoured Shandean book, which will do all your hearts good.
1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xx. 198 She was a flaunty woman, and liked well to give a good-humoured jibe or jeer.
1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 145 He was permitted, with..a good-humoured laugh, to pass on.
1870 Daily News 13 Dec. His vanity, his half-conscious histrionicism..have been the subject of good-humoured laughter.
1908 G. K. Chesterton Man who was Thursday v. 96 The men greeted him with good-humoured raillery as if they had always known him.
1971 S. Howatch Penmarric (1972) iii. vi. 349 ‘What a gloomy Cassandra you are, Alice!’ said William, but his good-humoured comment could not quite hide the note of irritation in his voice.
1992 N.Y. Times 28 June ii. 29/1 A travel diary that has been kept up in good-humored acceptance of the human oddities that travel puts in our way.
2012 Sunday Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 19 Feb. (Features section) 70 What started out as good-humoured banter turned into some pretty fair dinkum sledging.

Compounds

With participles and participial adjectives.
good-humoured-faced adj. now rare
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1837 Analyst 6 34 The broad, good-humoured faced Sancho.
1864 J. L. Motley Let. 23 Aug. in Corr. (1889) II. v. 173 The King of Prussia..a tall, sturdy, goodhumoured-faced elderly man.
1905 Punch 8 Nov. 330/2 Fine, healthy, swarthy, good-looking, good-humoured-faced men.
good-humoured-looking adj.
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1795 F. Jacson Plain Sense I. v. 51 That sprightly, good-humoured looking blooming girl.
1843 F. Marryat Narr. Trav. M. Violet III. vi. 114 The slaves so good-humoured-looking, so clean.
1921 E. A. Powell Where Strange Trails go Down x. 238 This short, stout, olive-skinned, good-humored looking young man.
2012 K. Harrison Enchantments 27 He was a good-humored-looking man, with ears that stood out like handles from his shorn head.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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