HUMOR
What does "HUMOR" mean?
The quality of being amusing, or the ability to find and express what is funny.
Meanings
- The quality of being comical or amusing. Her speech balanced sharp arguments with real humor.
- A particular mood or temporary state of mind. He was in no humor for jokes after the long flight. formal
- In old medicine, one of four bodily fluids thought to govern temperament. Medieval doctors blamed melancholy on an excess of the black humor. archaic
- To comply with the wishes of someone in order to keep them content. Just humor him and admire the model train set.
Did you know?
- 'Humor' began as a medical term for bodily fluid - the four humors (blood, phlegm, yellow and black bile) were believed to set your temperament, which is how a word for liquid came to mean a sense of comedy.
Word origin
From Latin 'humor' (fluid, moisture); medieval medicine held that four bodily 'humors' set a person's mood, and the word drifted from 'bodily fluid' to 'temperament' to 'wit'.
Remember it
HUMOR holds 'HUM' - a good joke leaves the room humming.
A little poem
Four old fluids ruled the blood and brain;
now only one of them remains in play -
the kind that turns a wound into a pun.
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Wordplay
- My doctor said I had too much black bile. I told him to lighten up - that's just my dark humor.
What it teaches
Humor is courage in a lighter coat: it lets you carry the heavy things without dropping them.
Quick facts
What does HUMOR mean?
The quality of being amusing, or the ability to find and express what is funny.
Is HUMOR a valid word?
Yes — HUMOR is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is HUMOR?
HUMOR has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does HUMOR come from?
From Latin 'humor' (fluid, moisture); medieval medicine held that four bodily 'humors' set a person's mood, and the word drifted from 'bodily fluid' to 'temperament' to 'wit'.
What can HUMOR teach us?
Humor is courage in a lighter coat: it lets you carry the heavy things without dropping them.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.