different between adroit vs humorous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French adroit, from French à (“on the; to”) (from Old French a (“to; towards”), from Latin ad (“to; towards”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“at; near”)) + French droit (“right”) (from Old French droit, dreit, from Vulgar Latin *dr?ctus, syncopated form of Latin d?rectus (“laid straight; direct, straight; level; upright”), perfective passive participle of d?rig? (“to lay straight”), from dis- (“apart, in two”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice; in two”)) + reg? (“to govern, rule; to guide, steer”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?ré?eti (“to be straightening, setting upright”))).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /??d???t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Adjective

adroit (comparative adroiter or more adroit, superlative adroitest or most adroit)

1. Deft, dexterous, or skillful.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:skillful

Antonyms

• clumsy
• maladroit

Derived terms

• adroitness
• adroitly
• maladroit

Translations

Anagrams

• Tirado

French

Etymology

à + droit. Doublet of adret.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.d?wa/

Adjective

adroit (feminine singular adroite, masculine plural adroits, feminine plural adroites)

1. skilful, apt, skilled (possessing skill, skilled)

Descendants

• ? English: adroit
• ? German: adrett
  • ? Danish: adræt

Further reading

• “adroit” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• dorait, rodait, rôdait

English

Etymology

From Middle English humorous (compare Medieval Latin h?mor?sus), equivalent to humor +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: hyo?o'm?r?s, IPA^(key): /?hju?m???s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?hju?m???s/
• Homophone: humerus

Adjective

humorous (comparative more humorous, superlative most humorous)

1. Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.

   The waiters were so humorous - one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him.

2. Showing humor; witty, jocular.
3. (obsolete) Damp or watery.
4. (obsolete) Dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical.

Usage notes

While the spelling humour is preferred over humor in British English, humorous is standard in both American and British English, and humourous is nonstandard.

Synonyms

• (arousing laughter): amusing, funny
• (witty): amusing, jocular, witty
• See also Thesaurus:funny
• See also Thesaurus:witty

Derived terms

• humorously

Related terms

• humor, humour

Translations