outhumor en · VERB
Etymology
From out- + humor.
Meanings
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(transitive) To surpass in humor; to be funnier than.
Charley Davis, says the Pittsburg Dispatch, tells a story about Mark Twain, in which the humorist was for once outhumored.
1895, Current Literature: 1895, volume 17, page 201:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outhumoring | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outhumored | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outhumored | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| outhumors | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| outhumour | alternative | lexicographic |