humorist
English
noun
Definitions
- (medicine) Someone who believes that health and temperament are determined by bodily humours; a humoralist.
- (obsolete) Someone subject to whims or fancies.
- A humorous or witty person, especially someone skilled in humorous writing or performance.
- One who studies or portrays the humours of people.
Etymology
Suffix from English humor.
Origin
English
humor
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dishumor English
- humor English
- humorful English
- humorise English
- humorism English
- humoristic English
- humoristically English
- humorize English
- humorless English
- humorous English
- humorsome English
- neurohumor English
- outhumor English
- hūmor Latin
- humor Dutch, Flemish
- humor Old French
- humor Serbo-Croatian