Definition of humor

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

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Irony :: Irony (n.) A sort of humor, ridicule, or light sarcasm, which adopts a mode of speech the meaning of which is contrary to the literal sense of the words..
Take :: Take (v. t.) To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to; to tolerate; to endure; as, to take a joke; he will take an affront from no man..
Farce :: Farce (v. t.) A low style of comedy; a dramatic composition marked by low humor, generally written with little regard to regularity or method, and abounding with ludicrous incidents and expressions..
Enliven :: Enliven (v. t.) To give spirit or vivacity to; to make sprightly, gay, or cheerful; to animate; as, mirth and good humor enliven a company; enlivening strains of music..
Waggish :: Waggish (a.) Done, made, or laid in waggery or for sport; sportive; humorous; as, a waggish trick..
Ycleped :: Ycleped (p. p.) Called; named; -- obsolete, except in archaic or humorous writings..
Catch :: Catch (n.) A humorous canon or round, so contrived that the singers catch up each other's words..
Coction :: Coction (n.) The change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination.
Sprig :: Sprig (n.) A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight disparagement.
Sebaceous :: Sebaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or secreting, fat; composed of fat; having the appearance of fat; as, the sebaceous secretions of some plants, or the sebaceous humor of animals..
Humoralist :: Humoralist (n.) One who favors the humoral pathology or believes in humoralism.
Drama :: Drama (n.) A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage..
Albugineous :: Albugineous (a.) Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; -- a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white..
Watery :: Watery (a.) Resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as, watery humors..
Whim :: Whim (n.) A sudden turn or start of the mind; a temporary eccentricity; a freak; a fancy; a capricious notion; a humor; a caprice.
Humorsome :: Humorsome (a.) Moody; whimsical; capricious.
Humorously :: Humorously (adv.) Capriciously; whimsically.
Gleet :: Gleet (v. i.) To flow in a thin, limpid humor; to ooze, as gleet..
Ology :: Ology (n.) A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of knowledge.
Tune :: Tune (n.) Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood..
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