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humourism

humourism is the alternative form of humorism.

Meaning of humorism

Noun

humorism (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The theory of the influence of the humors (body fluids) in the production of disease.
  2. The manner or disposition of a humorist; humorousness.
    • July 30, 1831, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Asgill, the French
      I expected to find the ravings of an enthusiast, or the sullen snarlings of an infidel; whereas I found the very soul of Swift–an intense half self-deceived humorism.

Forms of humourism

pluralhumourisms

Questions about humourism

What is humourism the alternative form of?
Humourism is the alternative form of humorism.

Words near humourism in the dictionary

  1. humouring
  2. humourise
  3. humourised
  4. humourises
  5. humourising
  6. humourism
  7. humourisms
  8. humourist
  9. humouristic
  10. humouristically
  11. humourists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: humourism (page history and authors); humorism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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