Basic 850: An Online Wordbook
04 April, 2005
Humor
is one of the 400 words for general things. On Ogden's list, this word takes the British form: humour. "General condition of mind, feelings" is the root sense of the word (The General Basic English Dictionary). If you are happy and smiling, it's a sign that you are in a good humor, or in good humor. Some persons say, "Our brains do a better work when we're in a good humor." If you are angry, on the other hand, you are in a bad humor, or in bad humor. If one of your friends sees that, the friend may make an attempt to make you happy by humoring you. You may get happy by being humored. If it's not hard for your friend to make you pleased, the friend may say that you are good-humored. You may say something or do something good-humoredly.
"Quality causing amusement" is another frequent sense of this word, used as an expansion (The Basic Words). If you get a feeling of amusement from your friends behavior, you may have a sense of humor, or you see the humor in it. If you do something in a pleasing way, you are doing it with good humor.
Humour is the British form of the same word.
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"Quality causing amusement" is another frequent sense of this word, used as an expansion (The Basic Words). If you get a feeling of amusement from your friends behavior, you may have a sense of humor, or you see the humor in it. If you do something in a pleasing way, you are doing it with good humor.
Humour is the British form of the same word.
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