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Webster 1913 Edition
Humorism
Hu′mor-ism
,Noun.
1.
(Med.)
The theory founded on the influence which the humors were supposed to have in the production of disease; Galenism.
Dunglison.
2.
The manner or disposition of a humorist; humorousness.
Coleridge.
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humorism
humorism
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humorism (uncountable)
- (medicine, historical) The theory of the influence of the humors in the production of disease.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dunglison to this entry?)
- The manner or disposition of a humorist; humorousness.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- 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.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge