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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 jokingplay

  Familiarity information: HUMOROUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HUMOROUSNESS (noun)


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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