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FUNNY

curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular

(adjective) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; “a curious hybrid accent”; “her speech has a funny twang”; “they have some funny ideas about war”; “had an odd name”; “the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves”; “something definitely queer about this town”; “what a rum fellow”; “singular behavior”

amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible

(adjective) arousing or provoking laughter; “an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls”; “an amusing fellow”; “a comic hat”; “a comical look of surprise”; “funny stories that made everybody laugh”; “a very funny writer”; “it would have been laughable if it hadn’t hurt so much”; “a mirthful experience”; “risible courtroom antics”

fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious

(adjective) not as expected; “there was something fishy about the accident”; “up to some funny business”; “some definitely queer goings-on”; “a shady deal”; “her motives were suspect”; “suspicious behavior”

funny

(adjective) experiencing odd bodily sensations; “told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

funnier

comparative form of funny

The film was funnier than I thought it would be.

Source: Wiktionary


FUNNY

Fun"ny, a. [Compar. Funnier; superl. Funniest.] Etym: [From Fun.]

Definition: Droll; comical; amusing; laughable. Funny bone. See crazy bone, under Crazy.

Fun"ny, n.; pl. Funnies (.

Definition: A clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling. [Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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6 March 2025

LEPTOMENINGES

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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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