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Definition of Humor
1. Verb. Put into a good mood.
2. Noun. A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter.
Generic synonyms: Content, Message, Subject Matter, Substance
Specialized synonyms: Jeu D'esprit, Bon Mot, Mot, Esprit De L'escalier, Bite, Pungency, Caustic Remark, Irony, Sarcasm, Satire, Repartee, Gag, Jape, Jest, Joke, Laugh, Caricature, Imitation, Impersonation, Cartoon, Sketch, Fun, Play, Sport, Ribaldry, Topper
Examples of language type: Libation, Roaster
Derivative terms: Humorist, Humorous, Humourist, Humourous, Witty, Witty
3. Noun. The trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous. "You can't survive in the army without a sense of humor"
Generic synonyms: Fun, Playfulness
Derivative terms: Humorist, Humorous, Humourist, Humourous
4. Noun. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling. "He was in a bad humor"
Generic synonyms: Feeling
Specialized synonyms: Peeve, Sulk, Sulkiness, Amiability, Good Humor, Good Humour, Good Temper, Distemper, Ill Humor, Ill Humour
Derivative terms: Humour, Moody
5. Noun. The quality of being funny. "I fail to see the humor in it"
Generic synonyms: Quality
Specialized synonyms: Comicality
Derivative terms: Humorist, Humorous, Humourist, Humourous
6. Noun. (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state. "The humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile"
Generic synonyms: Body Substance
Category relationships: Physiology, Antiquity, Dark Ages, Middle Ages
Derivative terms: Humoral
7. Noun. The liquid parts of the body.
Generic synonyms: Body Substance
Specialized synonyms: Aqueous Humor, Aqueous Humour, Vitreous Body, Vitreous Humor, Vitreous Humour, Endolymph, Perilymph, Ecf, Extracellular Fluid, Intracellular Fluid, Juice, Succus, Karyolymph, Milk, Amnionic Fluid, Amniotic Fluid, Waters, Blood, Blood Serum, Serum, Chyle, Lymph, Come, Cum, Ejaculate, Seed, Semen, Seminal Fluid, Ink, Secretion, Black Bile, Melancholy, Choler, Yellow Bile, Lochia, Festering, Ichor, Purulence, Pus, Sanies, Suppuration, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Spinal Fluid
Derivative terms: Humoral
Definition of Humor
1. n. Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.
2. v. t. To comply with the humor of; to adjust matters so as suit the peculiarities, caprices, or exigencies of; to adapt one's self to; to indulge by skillful adaptation; as, to humor the mind.
Definition of Humor
1. Noun. The quality of being amusing, comical, funny. (defdate from the early 18th c.) ¹
2. Noun. (archaic) One of four fluids (blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm) that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body. (defdate from the 15th c.) ¹
3. Noun. A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind brought upon by an event; an abrupt illogical inclination or whim. ¹
4. Noun. (medicine) Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour. ¹
5. Noun. A fluid or semi-fluid of the body. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) : To pacify by indulging. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Humor
1. to indulge [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: indulge
Medical Definition of Humor
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1. Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.
The ancient physicians believed that there were four humors (the blood, phlegm, yellow bile or choler, and black bile or melancholy), on the relative proportion of which the temperament and health depended.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Humor
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