humorism

humorism

English

Alternative forms

• humourism

Etymology

humor +‎ -ism

Noun

humorism (uncountable)

1. (medicine, historical) The theory of the influence of the humors in the production of disease[1].
2. 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.

References

1. 1839, Robley Dunglison, “HUMORISM”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, […], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., OCLC 6188056:

• humorism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913