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humorism

noun

Etymology

From humor + -ism.

Definitions

  1. The theory of the influence of the humors (body fluids) in the production of disease.

  2. The manner or disposition of a humorist

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at humorism. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at humorism. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at humorism

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA