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Definition of Humouring
1. humour [v] - See also: humour
Lexicographical Neighbors of Humouring
Literary usage of Humouring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1874)
"In humouring a joke he was excellent, both in letters and talk ; and for this
kind of enjoyment his least important little notes are often worth preserving. ..."
2. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"... is best forgotten, ' the popular impression was very strong that Lord '
Lyndhurst was a second time humouring an infirm brain for ' his own purposes. ..."
3. The Jonson Allusion-Book: A Collection of Allusions to Ben Jonson from 1597-1700 by Jesse Franklin Bradley, Joseph Quincy Adams (1922)
"... humouring of the Parts, as well with the chief of the Ancient Greec and Latin
Comedians as the prime of Modern Italians, who have been judg'd the best ..."
4. The Princess and the Butterfly Or, The Fantastics: A Comedy in Five Acts by Arthur Wing Pinero (1897)
"[They all laugh, humouring him. EAVE stands by the fire.] Out with your treasures,
Levan. LEVAN. Sorry—the box is empty. SIR GEORGE. Empty! Empty f LEVAN. ..."
5. Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, to Sir Horace Mann by Horace Walpole (1844)
"You are a very boy, but I cannot help humouring you a little. Good night. PS I
guessed right; the papers which are just come in, say that Draper* has the ..."
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