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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Epispastic :: Epispastic (a.) Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering.
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..
Frame :: Frame (n.) Particular state or disposition, as of the mind; humor; temper; mood; as, to be always in a happy frame..
Spalpeen :: Spalpeen (n.) A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule.
Clink :: Clink (v. i.) To rhyme. [Humorous].
Humoral :: Humoral (a.) Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the humors; as, a humoral fever..
Longitude :: Longitude (n.) Length; measure or distance along the longest line; -- distinguished from breadth or thickness; as, the longitude of a room; rare now, except in a humorous sense..
Humor :: Humor (n.) That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness..
Humorist :: Humorist (n.) One who displays humor in speaking or writing; one who has a facetious fancy or genius; a wag; a droll.
Joke :: "Joke (n.) Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a witticism; as, to crack good-natured jokes..
Humorous :: Humorous (a.) Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful; as, a humorous story or author; a humorous aspect..
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..
Placebo :: Placebo (n.) A prescription intended to humor or satisfy.
Humor :: Humor (n.) A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin..
Cross :: Cross (a.) Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman..
Cue :: Cue (n.) Humor; temper of mind.
Ycleped :: Ycleped (p. p.) Called; named; -- obsolete, except in archaic or humorous writings..
Dishumor :: Dishumor (n.) Ill humor.
Boom :: Boom (n.) A strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; -- applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand for stocks or commodities and to political chances of aspirants to office; as, a boom in the stock market; a boom in coffee..
Sesquipedalian :: Sesquipedalian (a.) Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long words..
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