Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary

Humour, subst. 1) moisture: “suck up the --s of the dank morning,” Caes. II, 1, 262. Particularly morbid fluids of animal bodies: “the toothache, where is but a h. or a worm,” Ado III, 2, 27. “this inundation of mistempered h.” John V, 1, 12. “that trunk of --s,” H4A II, 4, 495. “through all thy veins shall run a cold and drowsy h.” Rom. IV, 1, 96. “the sun where he was born drew all such --s from him,” Oth. III, 4, 31.
2) cast of mind, temper, sentiments, spirit: “every h. hath his adjunct pleasure,” Sonn. 91, 5. “I am of your h. for that,” Ado I, 1, 132. “shall these paper bullets awe a man from the career of his h.?” II, 3, 250. “his h. is lofty,” LLL V, 1, 10. “it fits my h. well,” As III, 2, 20. “a shrew of thy impatient h.” Shr. III, 2, 29. “he kills her in her own h.” IV, 1, 183. “I'll curb her mad and headstrong h.” IV, 1, 183 “you either fear his h. or my negligence,” Tw. I, 4, 5. “all the unsettled --s of the land,” John II, 66. “it jumps with my h.” H4A I, 2, 78. “what h. is the prince of?” H4B II, 4, 256. “knowing dame Eleanor's aspiring h.” H6B I, 2, 97. “a bedlam and ambitious h. makes him oppose himself against his king,” V, 1, 132. “best acquainted with her h.” R3 IV, 4, 269. “you 've got a h. there does not become a man,” Tim. I, 2, 26. “I'll know his h. when he knows his time,” Caes. IV, 3, 136. “except she bend her h.” Cymb. I, 5, 81. “though his h. was nothing but mutation,” IV, 2, 132. Plur. --s: “they say so most that most his --s know,” LLL II, 53. “in --s like the people of this world,” R2 V, 5, 10. “whose churchlike --s fits not for a crown,” H6B I, 1, 247.
3) temporary disposition: in that pleasant h. they all posted to Rome, Lucr. Arg. H6B I, 1, 247 “see what h. he is in,” Wiv. II, 3, 80. “when I am dull with care and melancholy, lightens my h. with his merry jests,” Err. I, 2, 21. Err. I, 2, 21 II, 2, 7. IV, 1, 27. Ado V, 1, 189. LLL I, 1, 235. I, 2, 63. V, 2, 767. As III, 2, 439. IV, 1, 69. Shr. Ind. 2, 14. I, 2, 108. John V, 1, 12 (quibbling). R3 I, 2, 228. R3 I, 2, 228 I, 4, 121. Rom. I, 1, 135. Rom. I, 1, 135 Oth. III, 4, 125. IV, 2, 165. to feed a person's h. == to gratify by yielding, to humour: R3 IV, 1, 65. Tit. IV, 3, 29. The contrary is to “come 'cross, to cross a p. in his h.:” H4A III, 1, 172. Tim. I, 2, 166.
4) fancy, conceit, caprice: “tapsters answering every call, soothing the h. of fantastic wits,” Ven. 850. “such childish h. from weak minds proceeds,” Lucr. 1825. “I see a better state to me belongs than that which on thy h. doth depend,” Sonn. 92, 8. “laughing-stocks to other men's --s,” Wiv. III, 1, 88. III, 3, 181. IV, 2, 210. Err. IV, 1, 57. Ado I, 3, 19. Merch. III, 5, 68. IV, 1, 43. As V, 4, 61. Shr. III, 2, 75. Tw. II, 5, 58. Wint. II, 3, 38. John IV, 2, 209. John IV, 2, 209 H4A III, 1, 237. H4B II, 1, 161. H4B II, 1, 161 II, 3, 30. Troil. I, 2, 23. II, 3, 222. Tit. IV, 4, 19. V, 2, 140. Rom. II, 1, 7 Tim. III, 6, 122. Caes. II, 1, 210. Caes. II, 1, 210 II, 2, 56. IV, 3, 46. IV, 3, 46* IV, 3, 46
5) mirth, merriment: “cannot flout me out of my h.” Ado V, 4, 102. “the spirit of --s intimate reading aloud to him,” Tw. II, 5, 93. “uphold the unyoked h. of your idleness,” H4A I, 2, 220. “I am now of all --s that have showed themselves --s,” II, 4, 104.
Unexplained as yet: the h. of forty fancies pricked in't (his hat) Shr. III, 2, 70.*
6) Ridiculed as a much misused phrase of fashion: “these are complements, these are --s,” LLL III, 23 (Moth's speech). “my chief h. is for a tyrant,” Mids. I, 2, 30 (Bottom). “these be good --s indeed,” H4B II, 4, 177 (Pistol.) Particularly in the slang of Nym: “slice? that's my h.” Wiv. I, 1, 135. “pass good --s,” Wiv. I, 1, 135 “run the nuthook's h. on me,” Wiv. I, 1, 135 “he was gotten in drink: is not the h. conceited?” I, 3, 26. “the good h. is to steal at a minute's rest,” I, 3, 26 “the anchor is deep: will that h. pass?” I, 3, 26 “the h. rises,” I, 3, 26 “I thank thee for that h.” I, 3, 26 “I will run no base h.” I, 3, 26 “take the h. letter,” I, 3, 26 “--s of revenge,” I, 3, 26 cf. I, 3, 26 I, 3, 26 I, 3, 26 I, 3, 26 II, 1, 133. II, 1, 133 140--143. H5 II, 1, 58. H5 II, 1, 58 H5 II, 1, 58 H5 II, 1, 58 H5 II, 1, 58 H5 II, 1, 58 H5 II, 1, 58 II, 3, 63. III, 2, 5. III, 2, 5 III, 2, 5 III, 2, 5