humorist

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone who believes that health and temperament are determined by bodily humours; a humoralist. archaic,historical
  2. Someone subject to whims or fancies; an eccentric. obsolete
    — She and the duke used to rally me upon my fondness for lord W—m, who was a sort of an humourist, and apt to be in a pet, in which case he would leave the company, and go to bed by seven o'clock in the evening.
  3. A humorous or witty person, especially someone skilled in humorous writing or performance.
    — Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter. Sophia looked at him sharply. The only letter she had received was from her mother. Sophia's mother was not a humourist.
  4. One who studies or portrays the humours of people.

词形变化

humorists plural humourist alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
humoristic
并列词
comedian comedienne comic clown jester

词源

Etymology tree
English humor
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English humorist
From humor + -ist.
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