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humoresque

humoresque noun: a composition that is playful in attitude and tone.

Noun

humoresque (plural humoresques)

  1. A composition that is playful in attitude and tone.

Forms of humoresque

pluralhumoresques

Origin of humoresque

Borrowed from German Humoreske.

Questions about humoresque

What does humoresque mean?
Humoresque means a composition that is playful in attitude and tone.
What part of speech is humoresque?
Humoresque is a noun.
What is the plural of humoresque?
The plural of humoresque is humoresques.

Words near humoresque in the dictionary

  1. humoralists
  2. humorality
  3. humorally
  4. humored
  5. humoredly
  6. humoresque
  7. humoresques
  8. humorfic
  9. humorfics
  10. humorful
  11. humoring

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