Definitions for humoresque

humoresque hu·mor·esque

Spelling: [hyoo-muh-resk or, often, yoo-]
IPA: /ˌhyu məˈrɛsk or, often, ˌyu-/

Humoresque is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 26 points.

You can make 288 anagrams from letters in humoresque (eehmoqrsuu).

Definitions for humoresque

noun

  1. a musical composition of humorous or capricious character.

Origin of humoresque

1875-80; humor + -esque, modeled on German Humoreske

Examples for humoresque

The unearthly beings meet us in all guises, and answer our every mood, whether it be serious or awed, satiric or humoresque.

But think of a lively and humoresque clock that does not tick and takes only an hour to record a day.

In short, in nearly every Negro unit there set in a humoresque attitude to the war.

She played, as once before she had played when life seemed sad and tragic, the "humoresque."

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