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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Humorous \Hu"mor*ous\, adjective [Cf. L. humorosus, umorosus, moist. See {Humor}.]
1. Moist; humid; watery. [Obs.]
All founts wells, all deeps humorous. --Chapman.
2. Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious; whimsical. --Hawthorne.
Rough as a storm and humorous as the wind. --Dryden.
3. Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful; as, a humorous story or author; a humorous aspect.
Syn: Jocose; facetious; witty; pleasant; merry.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
humorous
adjective: full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein" [syn: {humourous}] [ant: {humorless}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "humorous": Attic, absurd, amusing, beguiling, biting, bizarre, brilliant, clever, comical, delightful, diverting, droll, eccentric, entertaining, facetious, farcical, fun, funny, hilarious, humorsome, hysterical, incongruous, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joky, joshing, keen, keen-witted, laughable, ludicrous, merry, mordant, nimble-witted, playful, pleasant, pointed, priceless, pungent, quaint, quick-witted, quizzical, rapier-like, recreational, rich, ridiculous, risible, salt, salty, scintillating, screaming, sharp, smart, sparkling, sprightly, titillating, titillative, waggish, whimsical, witty
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