HUMOURING

A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

Example: "Whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"

A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

(middle ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state

Example: "The humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile"

The liquid parts of the body

The quality of being funny

Example: "I fail to see the humor in it"

The trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous

Example: "She didn't appreciate my humor"