English > humour: 7 senses > noun 2, communication| Meaning | A message whose ingenuity / ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter. |
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| Synonyms | wit, humor, witticism, wittiness |
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| Category of | couth | (used facetiously) refinement |
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| couth | (used facetiously) refined |
| Narrower | bon mot, mot | A clever remark |
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| caricature, imitation, impersonation | A representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect |
| cartoon, sketch | A humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine |
| esprit de l'escalier | A witty remark that occurs to you too late |
| fun, play, sport | verbal / verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously) |
| jeu d'esprit | A witty comment or writing |
| joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape | A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter |
| pungency, bite | wit having a sharp and caustic quality |
| repartee | adroitness and cleverness in reply |
| ribaldry | ribald humor |
| sarcasm, irony, satire, caustic remark | witty language used to convey insults or scorn |
| topper | An exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone before |
| Broader | message, content, subject matter, substance | What a communication that is about something is about |
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| Usage | libation | (facetious) a serving of an alcoholic beverage |
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| roaster | A harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment) |
| Spanish | agudeza, humorada, humor, jocosidad |
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| Catalan | facècia, gràcia, humor |
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| Adjectives | humourous | full of or characterized by humor |
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| Nouns | humourist | someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way |
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English > humour: 7 senses > noun 4, body| Meaning | The liquid parts of the body. |
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| Synonyms | liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor |
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| Narrower | amniotic fluid, amnionic fluid, waters | The serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion |
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| aqueous humor, aqueous humour | The limpid fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lens |
| black bile, melancholy | A humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy |
| blood | The fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets |
| chyle | A milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats |
| endolymph | The bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear |
| extracellular fluid, ECF | liquid / liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid / liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid |
| ink | dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopods |
| intracellular fluid | liquid / liquid contained inside the cell membranes (usually containing dissolved solutes) |
| juice, succus | Any of several liquids / liquids of the body |
| karyolymph | A clear liquid / liquid in the cell nucleus in which the nucleolus and chromatin and other structures are dispersed |
| lochia | Substance discharged from the vagina (cellular debris and mucus and blood) that gradually decreases in amount during the weeks following childbirth |
| lymph | A thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle |
| milk | produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young |
| perilymph | The bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear |
| pus, purulence, suppuration, ichor, sanies, festering | A fluid product of inflammation |
| secretion | A functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell |
| semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come | The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract |
| serum, blood serum | An amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates |
| spinal fluid, cerebrospinal fluid | Clear liquid / liquid produced in the ventricles of the brain |
| vitreous humor, vitreous humour, vitreous body | The clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the posterior chamber of the eyeball |
| yellow bile, choler | A humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger / anger |
| Broader | body substance | The substance of the body |
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| Spanish | fluido corporal, humor |
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| Catalan | fluid corporal, humor |
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