Definition of humor

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Humor (v. t.) To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please.

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Archness :: Archness (n.) The quality of being arch; cleverness; sly humor free from malice; waggishness.
Disposition :: Disposition (n.) Mood; humor.
Humorism :: Humorism (n.) The manner or disposition of a humorist; humorousness.
Tantrum :: Tantrum (n.) A whim, or burst of ill-humor; an affected air..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) Morbid temper of the mind; undue predominance of a passion or appetite; mental derangement; bad temper; ill humor.
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..
Tripe :: Tripe (n.) The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt, the belly; -- generally used in the plural..
Humorize :: Humorize (v. t.) To humor.
Cue :: Cue (n.) Humor; temper of mind.
Waggery :: Waggery (n.) The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity; as, the waggery of a schoolboy..
Pleasantry :: Pleasantry (n.) That which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor; cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable playfulness in conversation; a jocose or humorous remark; badinage..
Humorously :: Humorously (adv.) Capriciously; whimsically.
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..
Wit :: Wit (v.) A person of eminent sense or knowledge; a man of genius, fancy, or humor; one distinguished for bright or amusing sayings, for repartee, and the like..
Humorist :: Humorist (n.) One who has some peculiarity or eccentricity of character, which he indulges in odd or whimsical ways..
Ology :: Ology (n.) A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of knowledge.
Humored :: Humored (imp. & p. p.) of Humo.
Placebo :: Placebo (n.) A prescription intended to humor or satisfy.
Morbid :: Morbid (a.) Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly; as, morbid humors; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant..
Dyscrasia :: Dyscrasia (n.) An ill habit or state of the constitution; -- formerly regarded as dependent on a morbid condition of the blood and humors.
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