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humour

გამოთქმა: /ˈhjuːmə/

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Universal
  • 1the quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech:his tales are full of humour
  • the ability to express humour or amuse other people:their inimitable brand of humour
  • 2a mood or state of mind:her good humour vanished the clash hadn’t improved his humour
  • [count noun] archaic an inclination or whim: and have you really burnt all your Plays to please a Humour?
  • 3 (also cardinal humour) [count noun] historical each of the four chief fluids of the body (blood, phlegm, yellow bile (choler), and black bile (melancholy)) that were thought to determine a person’s physical and mental qualities by the relative proportions in which they were present.

ზმნა

Universal
  • comply with the wishes of (someone) in order to keep them content, however unreasonable such wishes might be:she was always humouring him to prevent trouble
  • archaic adapt or accommodate oneself to (something): in reading this stanza we ought to humour it with a corresponding tone of voice

out of humour

in a bad mood.

sense of humour

a person’s ability to appreciate humour:in all the ups and downs of his life he never lost his sense of humour

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