humouredhumoredadj.

1566 A. Rush President for Prince sig. Di^v Qualis Rex, talis grex. As the King is, so semblable are the people humored.

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres i. 6 Some men (being naturally humoured thereunto) do prooue better souldiers.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iv. iv. 198 He that maddes others, if he were so humoured, would be as mad himselfe.

1679 J. Middleton Pract. Astron. 41 In Cancer, he [sc. the sun] denotes one of a little stature..; he hath brown Hair..; he is a lover of womens company, and a free-humoured jovial person.

1722 D. Defoe Relig. Courtship i. i. 11 He is so good a humour'd Man, he will never cross her in small Matters, especially in religious Things.

1752 Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (ed. 4) xii. 142 A manner more resembling the Cynic in his cell, than the free-humoured Rabelais in his easy chair.

1848 Calcutta Rev. 10 77 Piquant, sparkling, and gay withal—she [sc. Emilia] seems qualified when so humoured, to give a less suspicious husband than Iago [sic] cause of uneasiness.

1881 ‘M. Twain’ Prince & Pauper (1882) xviii. 223 Some were irritable and petulant, none were gentle-humoured.

1933 J. L. Mitchell Spartacus iii. 144 Having finished with the slave (who grinned and died, being a wild-humoured Thracian).

2002 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 9 Feb. 14 A sour-humoured man at the best of times.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 462 Another (transported by this humoured Charon)..trembles at his supposed sights of the Divell.

1681 H. Dodwell Disc. Sanchoniathon's Phœnician Hist. 23 Their very humoured Stories with which it was fashionable in those times to adorn their Dialogues, were grounded on the credit of such pretended Inscriptions.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend I. i. ix. 85 ‘No, I hope it doesn't,’ pouted Bella, stopping herself in something between a humoured laugh and a humoured sob.

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xi. 103 The breeding of most Kings hath bin ever sensual and most humour'd.

1699 Ld. Shaftesbury Inq. conc. Virtue ii. ii. 123 The most humor'd and indulg'd State is what receives the most disturbance from every disappointment or smallest ail.

1773 H. Chapone Lett. Improvem. Mind II. vi. 38 The miserable condition of a humoured child, always unhappy from having nobody's will to study but its own.

1814 J. West Alicia de Lacy II. xxi. 349 The humoured fancies of a wayward lady.

1895 A. M. Thurber Hidden Faith xvii. 210 One drink induces another, and each time it must be a little stronger to appease a humored appetite.

1922 Young Woman's Jrnl. Oct. 528/2 She was furious with the anger of a humored child.

1997 H. Rubinsky At first I hope for Rescue 137 The ridiculous, pink ruffled bedspread I lay under like a humoured, ageing child.