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HUMOROUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does humorousness mean?
• HUMOROUSNESS (noun)
The noun HUMOROUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. the trait of merry joking
Familiarity information: HUMOROUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of merry joking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
humorousness; jocoseness; jocosity; merriness
Hypernyms ("humorousness" is a kind of...):
levity (a manner lacking seriousness)
Derivation:
humorous (full of or characterized by humor)
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