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Posted By: andy j honorable and humorous - 10/13/08 07:15 PM
Is there a word that describes a person who is honorable, yet funny-bone tickling humourous? This describes my loving father.

Thanks.
andy
Posted By: Faldage Re: honorable and humorous - 10/13/08 10:51 PM
 Originally Posted By: andy j
honorable, yet funny-bone tickling humourous?

Thanks.
andy


This construction, X, yet Y, implies to me a disconnect of some sort between X and Y. I don't see any disconnect between honorable and humorous.
Posted By: Jackie Re: honorable and humorous - 10/14/08 02:15 AM
Hi, Andy, and welcome. I could be wrong, but I don't think there is one word that combines these two traits. The closest I know of is seriocomic, which means partly serious and partly comic (from yourdictionary.com), which as you can see doesn't fit the bill.
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