Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

humoursome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hu-mour-some
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Liable to humours or moods; fickle; ill-tempered.

Archaic

Etymology

From humour + -some.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more humoursome (comparative) most humoursome (superlative)

Derived Forms

humoursomely humoursomeness

Questions

What does humoursome mean?
Liable to humours or moods; fickle; ill-tempered.
Where does humoursome come from?
From humour + -some.

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