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Aqueous humorAqueous A"que*ous, a. [Cf. F. aqueux, L. aquosus, fr. aqua.
See Aqua, Aquose.]
1. Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it;
watery.
The aqueous vapor of the air. --Tyndall.
2. Made from, or by means of, water.
An aqueous deposit. --Dana.
Aqueous extract, an extract obtained from a vegetable
substance by steeping it in water.
Aqueous humor (Anat.), one the humors of the eye; a limpid
fluid, occupying the space between the crystalline lens
and the cornea. (See Eye.)
Aqueous rocks (Geol.), those which are deposited from water
and lie in strata, as opposed to volcanic rocks, which
are of igneous origin; -- called also sedimentary rocks. Dishumor
Dishumor Dis*hu"mor, n.
Ill humor. [Obs.]
Dishumor
Dishumor Dis*hu"mor, v. t.
To deprive of humor or desire; to put out of humor. [Obs.]
--B. Jonson.
Good-humoredGood-humored Good`-hu"mored, a.
Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor; good-tempered. See
Good-natured. Good-humoredly
Good-humoredly Good`-hu"mored*ly, adv.
With a cheerful spirit; in a cheerful or good-tempered
manner.
HumoralHumoral Hu"mor*al, a. [Cf. F. humoral.]
Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the humors; as, a humoral
fever.
Humoral pathology (Med.), the pathology, or doctrine of the
nature of diseases, which attributes all morbid phenomena
to the disordered condition of the fluids or humors of the
body. Humoral pathologyHumoral Hu"mor*al, a. [Cf. F. humoral.]
Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the humors; as, a humoral
fever.
Humoral pathology (Med.), the pathology, or doctrine of the
nature of diseases, which attributes all morbid phenomena
to the disordered condition of the fluids or humors of the
body. Humoralism
Humoralism Hu"mor*al*ism, n.
1. (Med.) The state or quality of being humoral.
2. (Med.) The doctrine that diseases proceed from the humors;
humorism. [Obs.]
Humoralist
Humoralist Hu"mor*al*ist, n.
One who favors the humoral pathology or believes in
humoralism.
Humorism
Humorism Hu"mor*ism, n.
1. (Med.) The theory founded on the influence which the
humors were supposed to have in the production of disease;
Galenism. --Dunglison.
2. The manner or disposition of a humorist; humorousness.
--Coleridge.
Humorist
Humorist Hu"mor*ist, n. [Cf. F. humoriste.]
1. (Med.) One who attributes diseases of the state of the
humors.
2. One who has some peculiarity or eccentricity of character,
which he indulges in odd or whimsical ways.
He [Roger de Coverley] . . . was a great humorist in
all parts of his life. --Addison.
3. One who displays humor in speaking or writing; one who has
a facetious fancy or genius; a wag; a droll.
The reputation of wits and humorists. --Addison.
Humoristic
Humoristic Hu`mor*is"tic, a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a humorist.
Humorize
Humorize Hu"mor*ize, v. t.
To humor. --Marston.
Humorless
Humorless Hu"mor*less, a.
Destitute of humor.
HumorousHumorous Hu"mor*ous, a. [Cf. L. humorosus, umorosus, moist.
See Humor.]
1. Moist; humid; watery. [Obs.]
All founts wells, all deeps humorous. --Chapman.
2. Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular;
capricious; whimsical. --Hawthorne.
Rough as a storm and humorous as the wind. --Dryden.
3. Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful; as, a
humorous story or author; a humorous aspect.
Syn: Jocose; facetious; witty; pleasant; merry. Humorously
Humorously Hu"mor*ous*ly, adv.
1. Capriciously; whimsically.
We resolve rashly, sillily, or humorously. --Calamy.
2. Facetiously; wittily.
Humorousness
Humorousness Hu"mor*ous*ness, n.
1. Moodiness; capriciousness.
2. Facetiousness; jocularity.
Humorsome
Humorsome Hu"mor*some, a.
1. Moody; whimsical; capricious. --Hawthorne.
The commons do not abet humorsome, factious arms.
--Burke.
2. Jocose; witty; humorous. --Swift.
Humorsomely
Humorsomely Hu"mor*some*ly, adv.
Pleasantly; humorously.
Humorsomeness
Humorsomeness Hu"mor*some*ness, n.
Quality of being humorsome.
Meaning of Humor from wikipedia
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humor (American English) is the
tendency of
experiences to
provoke laughter and
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Black comedy, also
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morbid humor,
gallows humor,
black humor, or dark
humor, is a
style of
comedy that
makes light of
subject matter...
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Humorism, the
humoral theory, or humoralism, is a
system of
medicine detailing a
supposed makeup and
workings of the
human body,
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include The
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Humor is a Good
Humor-Breyers
brand of ice
cream started with
Harry Burt in Youngstown, Ohio, US, in the
early 1920s with the Good
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Canadian comedy duo
Terrance and
Phillip are
noted for
toilet humor and
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Although humor is a
phenomenon experienced by most humans, its
exact cause is a
topic of
heavy debate.
There are many
theories of
humor which attempt to...
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Sophomoric humor (also
called juvenile humor or
schoolboy humor) is any type of
humor that is
considered silly, immature, or childish. The
phrase can be...
- Anti-
humor is a type of
alternative humor that is
based on the
surprise factor of
absence of an
expected joke or of a
punch line in a
narration that is...
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Humor styles are a
subject of
research in the
field of
personality psychology that
focuses on the ways in
which individuals differ in
their use of humor...
