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Definition of Sense of humor
1. Noun. The trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous. "You can't survive in the army without a sense of humor"
Generic synonyms: Fun, Playfulness
Derivative terms: Humorist, Humorous, Humourist, Humourous
Definition of Sense of humor
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of sense of humour) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sense Of Humor
Literary usage of Sense of humor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1916)
"THE CRITIC'S sense of humor In a recent interview in the New York Times, Mr.
Robert Underwood Johnson, erstwhile editor of The Century, ..."
2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1907)
"The failure to see that the sense of freedom is a constituent part of the sense 'of
humor is doubtless responsible for the "superiority" and "degradation" ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"His love of the beautiful is tempered by a keen sense of humor; and the combination
makes his volume a delightful record, with the sunshine of Italy shut ..."
4. Putnam's Monthly (1907)
"that a sense of humor lies ever at the mercy of a sense of something higher ...
And the fact that you did n't smile would prove that your sense of humor had ..."
5. The Negro Races: A Sociological Study by Jerome Dowd (1907)
"Keen Sense of Humor.—In respect to humor, however, the people of this zone ...
A sense of humor does not depend upon a play of ideas, but may arise from any ..."
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