Humour (Noun)

Meaning¹

The quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it".

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Related Words

Meaning²

The liquid parts of the body.

Classification

Nouns denoting body parts.

Examples

The ancient Greeks believed that the four humours - blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile - needed to be kept in balance to maintain good health.
In medieval medicine, doctors would often bleed patients to restore balance to their humours.
The concept of humours was later replaced by the germ theory of disease, but it remained influential in Western medicine for centuries.
According to the theory of humours, a person's temperament was determined by the balance of the four liquid substances in their body.
The idea of humours was also used to explain the causes of various diseases and to develop treatments to restore balance to the body's fluids.

Synonyms

Hypernyms

Body Substance

Hyponyms

Meaning³

The trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor".

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Synonyms

Hypernyms

Playfulness

Related Words

Meaning⁴

(Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state; "the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile".

Classification

Nouns denoting body parts.

Synonyms

Humor

Hypernyms

Body Substance

Meaning⁵

A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor".