Definition of humor

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of humor is as below...

Humor (n.) Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc..

Lern More About Humor

Waggish :: Waggish (a.) Done, made, or laid in waggery or for sport; sportive; humorous; as, a waggish trick..
Bugger :: Bugger (n.) A wretch; -- sometimes used humorously or in playful disparagement.
Exudation :: Exudation (n.) The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors, moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also, the substance exuded..
Tun :: Tun (n.) A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt..
Megrim :: Megrim (n.) A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural, lowness of spirits..
Timeserving :: Timeserving (n.) An obsequious compliance with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power, which implies a surrender of one's independence, and sometimes of one's integrity..
Spindle-shaped :: Spindleshanks (n.) A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt..
Rally :: Rally (v. t.) To attack with raillery, either in good humor and pleasantry, or with slight contempt or satire..
Humoralist :: Humoralist (n.) One who favors the humoral pathology or believes in humoralism.
Humorously :: Humorously (adv.) Capriciously; whimsically.
Coction :: Coction (n.) The change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination.
Divert :: Divert (v. t.) To turn away from any occupation, business, or study; to cause to have lively and agreeable sensations; to amuse; to entertain; as, children are diverted with sports; men are diverted with works of wit and humor..
Humor :: Humor (n.) Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims.
Reclination :: Reclination (n.) The act or process of removing a cataract, by applying the needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that the front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one..
Indulgent :: Indulgent (a.) Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an indulgent parent..
Humorist :: Humorist (n.) One who displays humor in speaking or writing; one who has a facetious fancy or genius; a wag; a droll.
Antispastic :: Antispastic (a.) Believed to cause a revulsion of fluids or of humors from one part to another.
Temporize :: Temporize (v. t.) To comply with the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of opinion or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two parties..
Spleen :: Spleen (n.) Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent one's spleen..
Prune :: Prune (v. i.) To dress; to prink; -used humorously or in contempt.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us