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Definition of Good humour
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 Humour
Literary usage of Good humour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853)
"... he in all places meets with more wit, more good cheer, and more good humour,
than is necessary to make him enjoy himself with pleasure and satisfaction. ..."
2. Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1887)
"I expressed some surprize at Cadogan's recommending good humour, ... All good-
humour and complaisance are acquired. Naturally a child seizes directly what ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1782)
"«jf Sis ' mother's good-humour' is founded on the ... for fhe was in a good humour
when nothing elfe could be expected : and he—now, this is the argumentum ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"Johnson said: ' Had she had good humour and prompt elocution, her universal
curiosity and comprehensive knowledge would have made her the delight of all ..."
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