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单词 humourish
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humourishadj.

Brit. /ˈhjuːm(ə)rɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈhjum(ə)rɪʃ/
Forms: see humour n. and -ish suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: humour n., -ish suffix1.
Etymology: < humour n. + -ish suffix1. Compare earlier humoral adj., humorous adj., humoursome adj.
1. poetic. Apparently: characterized or affected by humoral fluid. Cf. humour n. 1a. Obsolete. rare.
ΚΠ
1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xii. xxxi. 205 Her humorish Eyes all red and putrid, seem In her own over-flowing Wine to swim.
2. Whimsical, moody, mercurial; = humorous adj. 3a. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical
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1653 F. G. tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Artamenes I. iii. i. 44 As Philista was a Lady of honour, and a little humourish [Fr. vn peu bizarre], she was so vexed to be so mistaken, that she did really entertain an aversion to me.
1667 L. Stuckley Gospel-glasse xxxiv. 365 Have we not been humourish, peevish lovers?
?1728 W. Henderson Truth & Reason Defended 72 He that swears falsly on one Side of the Question, will not stop to do it on t'other, when the gilded Bait..of his humourish Fantasy takes with him.
1794 Trial J. Gerrald 137 Humorously it might have been mentioned by some humourish man,..but those minutes were never authenticated by the convention.
1809 Eclectic Rev. Sept. 823 This humourish rogue was alternately civil and gruff, obsequious and stately.
1922 J. St. L. Strachey Diary 9 Oct. in River of Life (1924) 7 But we restless, humourish English can only admire and hurry on our way, whatever that way may be.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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