humorist

humorist englannista suomeksi

1. humoristi

0. Substantiivi

humorist englanniksi

1. Someone who believes that health and temperament are determined by bodily humours; a humoralist. (defdate)

2. Someone subject to whims or fancies; an eccentric. (defdate)

3. (RQ:Smollett Peregrine Pickle)

4. 1792, (w), in Danziger & Brady (eds.), ''Boswell: The Great Biographer'' (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 175:

I called on him and found him a contemporary of Beauclerk and Langton at Trinity College, Oxford, and a man of reading and animation, but a kind of humourist.

5. A humorous or witty person, especially someone skilled in humorous writing or performance. (defdate)

6. (RQ:Travers Cuckoo in the Nest)

7. One who studies or portrays the humours of people.

8. (alternative spelling of).