humoursomenessn.

Brit.

/ˈhjuːməs(ə)mnəs/, U.S.

/ˈhjumərsəmnəs/

Forms: see humoursome adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: humoursome adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < humoursome adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier humorousness n.

Now rare.

The quality or character of being humoursome; capriciousness; an instance of this. In later use also: sense of humour; good humour.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness

giddinessa1290

lightnessc1384

gerishnessa1513

fantasticnessc1550

unstaidnessa1557

fantasticalness1583

triflingnessa1586

spleen1598

capriciousness1607

skittishness1607

humorousness1611

wavinga1628

volageness1633

arbitrariness1643

garishness1649

legerity1652

mercury1653

volatility1655

caprich1656

humoursomeness1662

hoity-toity1668

jollity1670

unaccountableness1676

freak1678

whimsya1680

featheriness1689

toysomeness1697

caprice1711

whimsicalness1715

flirtation1718

whima1721

flightiness1747

whimsicality1761

giggishness1781

fancifulness1818

hoity-toityness1820

whifflery1835

crotchetiness1837

quirkiness1870

faddishness1884

faddism1885

vagarity1886

erraticism1889

whimsiness1909

1662 H. More Antidote against Atheism (ed. 3) i. viii. 22 in Coll. Philos. Writings (ed. 2) The factious Humoursomeness of the Atheist.

1700 J. Sergeant Transnatural Philos. ii. 267 Nothing is more Unreasonable than such a restiff humoursomeness.

1751 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 24 Nothing will so effectually..get the better of any humoursomeness (a strange word) as in the discipline of a school.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. iv. 23 I never blame a lady for her humoursomeness so much, as..I blame her mother.

1832 J. C. Hare in Philol. Museum 1 445 All the weaknesses, humoursomenesses, and contradictions which are presumed in the situations.

1867 H. W. Beecher Norwood III. xvii. 308 His face testified by its texture to right living;..by its mouth to a suppressed humoursomeness.

1899 P. L. Ford Janice Meredith xvi. 107 Nor am I the man to put up with such womanish humoursomeness.

1912 M. L. Fox Bountiful Hour vii. 168 He aroused in her such a feeling of life, such a spirit of humorsomeness and joyous contention.., that her whole person and countenance seemed suddenly transfigured.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	humoursomeness
释义	humoursomenessn. Brit. /ˈhjuːməs(ə)mnəs/, U.S. /ˈhjumərsəmnəs/ Forms: see humoursome adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: humoursome adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < humoursome adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier humorousness n. Now rare. The quality or character of being humoursome; capriciousness; an instance of this. In later use also: sense of humour; good humour. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness giddinessa1290 lightnessc1384 gerishnessa1513 fantasticnessc1550 unstaidnessa1557 fantasticalness1583 triflingnessa1586 spleen1598 capriciousness1607 skittishness1607 humorousness1611 wavinga1628 volageness1633 arbitrariness1643 garishness1649 legerity1652 mercury1653 volatility1655 caprich1656 humoursomeness1662 hoity-toity1668 jollity1670 unaccountableness1676 freak1678 whimsya1680 featheriness1689 toysomeness1697 caprice1711 whimsicalness1715 flirtation1718 whima1721 flightiness1747 whimsicality1761 giggishness1781 fancifulness1818 hoity-toityness1820 whifflery1835 crotchetiness1837 quirkiness1870 faddishness1884 faddism1885 vagarity1886 erraticism1889 whimsiness1909 1662 H. More Antidote against Atheism (ed. 3) i. viii. 22 in Coll. Philos. Writings (ed. 2) The factious Humoursomeness of the Atheist. 1700 J. Sergeant Transnatural Philos. ii. 267 Nothing is more Unreasonable than such a restiff humoursomeness. 1751 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 24 Nothing will so effectually..get the better of any humoursomeness (a strange word) as in the discipline of a school. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. iv. 23 I never blame a lady for her humoursomeness so much, as..I blame her mother. 1832 J. C. Hare in Philol. Museum 1 445 All the weaknesses, humoursomenesses, and contradictions which are presumed in the situations. 1867 H. W. Beecher Norwood III. xvii. 308 His face testified by its texture to right living;..by its mouth to a suppressed humoursomeness. 1899 P. L. Ford Janice Meredith xvi. 107 Nor am I the man to put up with such womanish humoursomeness. 1912 M. L. Fox Bountiful Hour vii. 168 He aroused in her such a feeling of life, such a spirit of humorsomeness and joyous contention.., that her whole person and countenance seemed suddenly transfigured. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1662
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