humorous story

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• Humorous — Hu mor*ous, a. [Cf. L. humorosus, umorosus, moist. See {Humor}.] 1. Moist; humid; watery. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] All founts wells, all deeps humorous. Chapman. [1913 Webster] 2. Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• humorous — hu|mor|ous [ hjumərəs ] adjective * 1. ) funny: a humorous story 2. ) using or showing humor: a humorous writer/face/imagination ╾ hu|mor|ous|ly adverb …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• humorous */ — UK [ˈhjuːmərəs] / US [ˈhjumərəs] adjective 1) funny a humorous story 2) using or showing humour a humorous writer/face/imagination Derived word: humorously adverb …   English dictionary

• humorous — [ˈhjuːmərəs] adj funny a humorous story[/ex] humorously adv …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Humorous Phases of Funny Faces — Données clés Réalisation J. Stuart Blackton Pays d’origine …   Wikipédia en Français

• story — 1 *account, report, chronicle, version Analogous words: *history, chronicle, annals: relation, rehearsing, recital, recounting (see corresponding verbs at RELATE) 2 Story, narrative, tale, anecdote, yarn all denote a recital of happenings less… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• story — I n. tale 1) to narrate, tell a story 2) to carry, circulate, print, run a story (all the newspapers carried the story about the fire) 3) to edit; rewrite; write a story 4) to concoct, fabricate, invent, make up a story 5) to change, revise;… …   Combinatory dictionary

• story — sto|ry [ stɔri ] noun count *** 1. ) an account of something that happened. Stories can be imaginary, traditional, or true: She s written several children s stories. Can we have a bedtime story? The book is about the discovery of DNA it s a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• story */*/*/ — UK [ˈstɔːrɪ] / US [ˈstɔrɪ] noun [countable] Word forms story : singular story plural stories 1) an account of something that happened. Stories can be imaginary, traditional, or true She s written several children s stories. The book is about the… …   English dictionary

• shaggy-dog story — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ noun 1. a. : a long drawn out circumstantial story concerning an inconsequential happening that impresses the teller as humorous but the hearer as boresome and pointless b. : a similar humorous story whose humor lies in the… …   Useful english dictionary

• Weeds (short story) — Infobox short story name = Weeds author = Stephen King cover artist = country = United States language = English subject = genre = Horror short story publisher = Cavalier (magazine) pub date = May 1976 media type = Print (Paperback) pages = isbn …   Wikipedia