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dishumouring

dishumouring is the present participle and gerund of dishumour.

Meaning of dishumour

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

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Questions about dishumouring

What is dishumouring the present participle and gerund of?
Dishumouring is the present participle and gerund of dishumour.

Words near dishumouring in the dictionary

  1. dishumored
  2. dishumoring
  3. dishumors
  4. dishumour
  5. dishumoured
  6. dishumouring
  7. dishumours
  8. dishware
  9. dishwares
  10. dishwash
  11. dishwashable

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