dishumour

English

Alternative forms

• dishumor

Etymology

From dis- +‎ humour.

Verb

dishumour (third-person singular simple present dishumours, present participle dishumouring, simple past and past participle dishumoured)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To deprive of humour or desire; to put out of humour.
   • 1599 (first performance), B. I. [i.e., Ben Jonson], The Comicall Satyre of Euery Man out of His Humor. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for William Holme, […], published 1600, →OCLC, Act V, scene ii, signature P ij, recto:

     O, how I do feed vpon this now, and fat my ſelf? here were a couple vnexpectedly diſhumor'd: […]

Noun

dishumour (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) ill humour; bad temper

References

• “dishumor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.