Part 5442

<h1>Humorsome</h1> <Xpage=713>

<hw>Hu"mor*some</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Moody; whimsical; capricious.</def>

<i>Hawthorne.</i>

<blockquote>The commons do not abet <b>humorsome</b>, factious arms. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Jocose; witty; humorous.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Humorsomely</h1> <Xpage=713>

<hw>Hu"mor*some*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Pleasantly; humorously.</def>

<h1>Humorsomeness</h1> <Xpage=713>

<hw>Hu"mor*some*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Quality of being humorsome.</def>

<h1>Hump</h1> <Xpage=713>

<hw>Hump</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>homp</ets> a lump, LG. <ets>hump</ets> heap, hill, stump, possibly akin to E. <ets>heap</ets>. Cf. <er>Hunch</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale.</def>

<h1>Humpback</h1> <Xpage=713>

<hw>Hump"back`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Hunchback</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A crooked back; a humped back.</def>

<i>Tatler.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A humpbacked person; a hunchback.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Any whale of the genus <spn>Megaptera</spn>, characterized by a hump or bunch on the back. Several species are known. The most common ones in the North Atlantic are <spn>Megaptera longimana</spn> of Europe, and <spn>M. osphyia</spn> of America; that of the California coasts is <spn>M. versabilis</spn>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A small salmon (<spn>Oncorhynchus gorbuscha</spn>), of the northwest coast of America.</def>

<h1>Humpbacked</h1> <Xpage=713>

<hw>Hump"backed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a humped back.</def>

<h1>Humped</h1> <Xpage=713>

<hw>Humped</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a hump, as the back.</def>

<h1>Humph</h1> <Xpage=713>

<hw>Humph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>interj.</tt> <ety>[Of imitative origin.]</ety> <def>An exclamation denoting surprise, or contempt, doubt, etc.</def>

<h1>Humpless</h1> <Xpage=713>

<hw>Hump"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without a hump.</def>

<i>Darwin.</i>

<h1>Hump-shouldered</h1> <Xpage=713>