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humour
v. pamper, indulge, favor, oblige (also humor)
 
humour (Brit.)
n. humor, quality of being amusing or entertaining, comedy; ability to appreciate or express something amusing; mood, state of mind, disposition; body fluid (Physiology)


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Humorism
Humorism, or humoralism, was a theory of the makeup and workings of the human body adopted by ancient Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers. From Hippocrates onward, the humor theory was the most commonly-held view of the human body among European physicians until the advent of modern medical research in the nineteenth century.
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humour
Noun
1. a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"
(synonym) temper, mood, humor
(hypernym) feeling
(hyponym) sulk, sulkiness
(derivation) humor
2. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
(synonym) wit, humor, witticism, wittiness
(hypernym) message, content, subject matter, substance
(hyponym) jeu d'esprit
(class) libation
3. (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"
(synonym) humor
(hypernym) body substance
(classification) physiology
4. the liquid parts of the body
(synonym) liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor
(hypernym) body substance
(hyponym) aqueous humor, aqueous humour
5. the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"
(synonym) humor
(hypernym) quality
6. the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor"
(synonym) humor, sense of humor, sense of humour
(hypernym) playfulness, fun
Verb
1. put into a good mood
(synonym) humor
(hypernym) gratify, pander, indulge
(derivation) temper, mood, humor


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humour (m)
n. humor, wittiness, quality of being amusing or entertaining

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