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Definition of Good humor
1. Noun. A cheerful and agreeable mood.
Generic synonyms: Humor, Humour, Mood, Temper
Specialized synonyms: Jolliness, Jollity, Joviality
Derivative terms: Amiable, Amiable
Antonyms: Ill Humor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Good Humor
Literary usage of Good humor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"You see I have inherited my good humor from him, and also the habit of going
often to the churchyard, which is a good thing to do if it be done in the right ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1849)
"Happiness and good-humor to the end rest at our Cousin Tom's fireside, albeit
adorned by no heirs, who would probably degenerate. With bis quiet wife, ..."
3. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"... honesty and punctuality in their dealings; sincerity, good humor, and all
social affections, and generous sentiments, among the people. ..."
4. Wieland and Shaftesbury by Charles Elson (1913)
"good humor and Raillery. Enthusiasm and Fanaticism By freedom of wit and humor
Shaftesbury means, as we have seen, complete freedom in investigating and ..."
5. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"GOOD - NATURE, GOOD - HUMOR. Good-nature and good-humor both imply the disposition
to please and be pleased; but the former is habitual and permanent, ..."
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