humorism

== English == === Alternative forms === humourism === Etymology === From humor +‎ -ism. === Noun === humorism (uncountable) (medicine, historical) The theory of the influence of the humors (body fluids) in the production of disease. 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. ==== Translations ==== === References === “humorism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.