See Also: humour(medicine)
humour(1)(dictionary)
humour(2)(dictionary)
ill humour(dictionary)
humour(encyclopedia)
humour 1, noun(dictionary)
good humour(dictionary)
gallows humour(dictionary)
black humour(dictionary)
humour (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)

ill humour (iou)



ill humour noun phr. Also *ill humor. M16.
[from ILL adjective + HUMOUR noun.]
A disordered or diseased bodily humour. M16-M17.
A bad mood; bad temper, irritability; sullenness, moroseness. L17.
E. B. Browning In a childish fit of ill humour, I took refuge..in a hat box.
ill-humoured adjective bad-tempered, sullen L17.
ill-humouredly adverb L18.