Definition of Humoristic

1. a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a humorist.

Definition of Humoristic

1. Adjective. Pertaining to a humorist or his or her style. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Humoristic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Humoristic

humoralist
humoralists
humored
humoresk
humoresks
humoresque
humoresques
humorful
humoring
humorise
humorised
humorises
humorising
humorism
humorist
humoristic (current term)
humoristically
humorists
humorize
humorized
humorizes
humorizing
humorless
humorlessly
humorlessness
humorlessnesses
humorous
humorously
humorousness
humorousnesses

Literary usage of Humoristic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. My Memories by Ovide Musin (1920)
"TRIO humoristic Leonard had composed a trio for three violins with orchestral accompaniment called " Trio Humoristique " which Ysaye, Guide and I played ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"At the age of 16 he joined the Page-Corps where he spent his free moments in writing humoristic verses depicting scenes of the school life. ..."

3. Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious by Sigmund Freud (1917)
"humoristic pleasure gained by entering into sympathy with a thing results from a special technique resembling displacement through which the liberation of ..."

4. How to Understand Music: A Concise Course in Musical Intelligence and Taste by William Smythe Babcock Mathews (1881)
"5, "Happy Enough," No. 7, "Traumerei," and "Frightening," No. 11.) Among larger pieces of the humoristic type are to be mentioned the Schumann Phau- ..."

5. Psychohanalysis, its theories and practical application by Abraham Arden Brill (1914)
"To understand the psychological mechanisms of humoristic pleasure it is ... Economy of sympathy is one of the most frequent causes of humoristic pleasure. ..."

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