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English
Etymology
From dis- + humour.
Verb
dishumour (third-person singular simple present dishumours, present participle dishumouring, simple past and past participle dishumoured)
- (obsolete, transitive) To deprive of humour or desire; to put out of humour.
1599 (first performance), B. I. [i.e., Ben Jonson], The Comicall Satyre of Euery Man out of His Humor. , London: for William Holme, , published 1600, →OCLC, Act V, scene ii, signature P ij, recto:O, how I do feed vpon this now, and fat my ſelf? here were a couple vnexpectedly diſhumor'd: […]
Noun
dishumour (uncountable)
- (obsolete) ill humour; bad temper